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Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes becomes the 19th president -
Farmers' Alliance
Texas farmers form the first agricultural union. -
The Great Railroad Strike
Beginning of the first labor unions- railroad workers go on strike for higher wages and better conditions -
Light bulb invented
Edison displays the light bulb to reporters and investors -
James A. Garfield
Garfield becomes the 20th president of the US -
Chester A. Arthur
Arthur becomes the 21st President of the US -
Sitting Bull's Surrender
Sitting Bull surrenders to the US Army, ending the major resistance of the Native Americans to white settlers -
Immigration Act
This Act limited immigrants that could not support themselves, the mentally ill, and criminals from entering the US -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This Act barred Chinese immigrants from entering the US -
Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Buffalo Bill starts his Wild West show to romanticize the West to the rest of the population -
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland becomes the 22nd President of the US -
8-hour workday strike
nationwide strike to gain a eight-hour workday -
Interstates Commerce Act
This aided in stopping discriminatory pricing in businesses -
Dawes General Allotment Act
This act spilt Indian tribes into individual family units rather than single tribal units -
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison becomes the 23rd president of the US -
Shermn Anti-Trust Act
limits business practices used by monopolies to limit competition -
Iron Strike
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers strikes at one of Andrew Carnegie's steel mills. The state militia is called in to break the strike, which in turn destroyed the union. -
Pullman Strike
Strike at the Pullman rail car factory aided by the American Railway Union. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court ruled that discrimination was legal was long as separate facilities were equal -
William McKinley
McKinley becomes the 25th President of the US -
Hawaii
The US acquires the territory of Hawaii -
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Philippine-American and Spanish-American Wars
helped established US as a world power -
Open Doors Policy
Calls for all Western markets to have equal access to the Chinese markets -
Gold Standard Act
officially puts the US on the gold standard