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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19th President of the United States
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Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
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Sitting Bull surrenders to the United States Army, ending major Native American resistance to white settlers
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Congress passes the Dawes General Allotment Act, splitting Indian tribes into individual family units, rather than a single tribal group.
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William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States
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The 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.
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Workers at the Pullman rail car factory strike. They are aided by the American Railway Union. The strike is broken by the arrest of the union's leader, Eugene Debs.
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Congress passes the Gold Standard Act, ending the monetary debate by putting the United States on a gold standard.
