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Since 1871 Alexander Graham Bell had been working on a device that allows more than one message to go through a wire at the same time. As the years go by he has a team of people that have helped improve the gadget. Eventually Bell put the invention to the test and made his first official phone call to one of his partners Thomas Watson, and said "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you."
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President Ulysses S. Grant opened the exposition on May 10th. Six months into the project more than 10 million people have explored it. The Exposition covers more the 450 acres of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. This exposition boosted Americans and also produced a new coming modern nation. https://www.britannica.com/event/Philadelphia-Centennial-Exposition
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Battle between US troops and leader George Armstrong Custer and Lakota/Cheyenne Warriors led by Sitting Bull. The Battle was started due to the discovery of gold found within the Native Land. Custer underestimated the warriors by confronting them with not as many soldiers and the warriors had and ended up in defeat and was known as Custer's last stand. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/battle-of-the-little-bighorn
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The 19th President Rutherford Hayes was elected. He was chosen over Samuel Tilden. Tilden was the favorite and had more states and more votes than Hayes but in the end Hayes was chosen and became the next President. https://www.historycentral.com/elections/1876.html
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Thomas Edison invented the speaking machine. A device that can record a sound and then play it back. https://americanhistory.si.edu/americas-listening/edison%E2%80%99s-talking-machine
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The winner of the election wasn't announced until a week before the inauguration. Back to the election, Tilden was actually ahead and had the popular vote but was missing a electoral vote. Therefore Congress had to make a vote on the two in which they chose Hayes.
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The Great Railroad Strike was a series of railroad strikes across the US. The strikes were provoked by pay cuts. People were already struggling to have money and work but on top of that these rail jobs were very dangerous and had been taken advantage of and getting paid less and less. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Railroad-Strike-of-1877
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb/electric light. Edison and his team had been testing many different bulbs between 1878-1880. In 1879 Edison filed a patent for an electric lamp with a carbon filament.
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A group of African Americans the migrated from the south after the civil war. They were former slaves that became known as exodusters. The name came from the biblical Exodus. They settled down on Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Hayes had promised to not run again to be re-elected and he kept his promise therefore, between the two candidates Windfield Hancock and James Garfield the people had to vote on a new president. After campaigning Garfield had come out on top and was elected president. https://www.historycentral.com/elections/1880.html
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In Atlanta, Oglethorpe Park. This was to display cotton plants around the world. Also to display new planters, cotton seed cleaners and agricultural technology.
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Booker T. Washington, Lewis Adams and George Washington Carver were all three the founders of the Institute. Washington purchased a plantation which is now where the institute (now University) stands. All to help and provide a better education for fellow African Americans.
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Garfield was shot by lawyer Charles J. Guiteau in Washington D.C. and died due to infection.
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A law prohibiting all immigrants from Chinese laborers. Signed by our President Chester A. Arthur.
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The bridge took 14 years and 15 million dollars to build. Some know it as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".
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Candidates Grover Cleveland and James G Blaine. Cleveland ended up winning the election with the support of Republicans and due to background information on Blaine that helped keep him ahead.
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A World Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Fair was in Audubon Park. This was mainly to help the local economy but failed due to expectations. The fair closed the next year with 470,000 dollars in debt.
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There were multiple riots during this time one of which Anti-Chinese Riot in Seattle which was about sentiment caused by intense labor competition and a ongoing struggle between labor and the capital in Western US. Another riot was the Haymarket riot mostly known as the "Haymarket Incident" or "Haymarket Affair" on May 4th. The riot started by someone throwing a bomb at a police officer. Luckily only a few were died and others hurt. Without evidence against them it was hard to not to blame them.
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A labor union strike involving over 200,000 workers. Railroad workers went on strike against the Union and Missouri Pacific railroads. There were a few that were killed due to this strike.
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Dr. John Pemberton, a local pharmacist was the first to sell a Coca-Cola. He produced the syrup found in Coca-Cola. This was at the first ever sold and at Jacobs Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta. The drink grew and grew serving up to nine drinks per day for the first year.
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Geronimo was a Apache warrior that surrendered in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona. He had been fighting for his homeland for 30 years. He was the last American Indian that formally surrendered to the the US.
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The Statue was a gift of friendship from France to the US in 1886. The statue has been a National Monument since 1924. In which now we celebrate America and the Statue of Liberty on July 4 every year.
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A national federation of labor unions in the US, founded by Columbus, Ohio in December 1886 by craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor the nation Labor union.
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The Dawes Act was a federal government breaking up tribal lands by putting them in individual spots. Only those who wanted to accepted the individualism were allowed to become US citizens.
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Edison creates what is considered motion picture. In 1877 He invented the photograph but later on he consulted Dickson a younger laboratory assistant to help create motion picture in 1888
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Great White Hurricane was what it was called was the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. Destroying the East coast as well as some of Canada. The amount of snowfall and ice was unreal, up to 58 inches and about 25 million dollars worth of damage.
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The election was between Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison defeated Cleveland in the debate.
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The Ghost Dance was a spiritual movement that was among the Western American Indians.
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The South Fork dam failed and unleashing 20 million tons of water on Johnstown PA. The devastating tragedy killed 2,209 people but after brought the nation together to help one another and those who needed it the most.
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Sitting Bull was killed by an Indian Police, due to a retaliation from someone shooting one of the Indian Police due to from a crowd gathered around after the police were caught sneaking up on the chief. But because of that one of the officers shot and killed sitting bull in the chest and head.
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A group of farmers that were unhappy with both Democrats and Republicans. The populist felt that the government needed to pay more attention to certain jobs and businesses such as the railroads. They wanted women's suffrage and the direct election of senators would help them get to political office. They also supported income tax, government owned railroads, improved working conditions in factories, immigration restrictions, eight-hour workdays and easier access to credit.
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Between candidates Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and James Weaver. Grover Cleveland came out on top by winning with the popular vote.
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Between Carnegie Steel Company and its many workers went on strike because of wage cuts and less jobs. The workers went on strike but soon got fired on July 2nd and security was hired later on July 6th. A gun battle was brought about resulting in many killed and injured.
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The first film production studio in near Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey called Black Maria. He used this for the purpose of film strips for his Kinetoscope.
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A fair held in Chicago, Illinois. Celebrating the 400th year of Christopher Columbus's voyage to America.
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A railroad strike that severely messed up the railroad traffic and began by factory workers walking out after failed declining wages. "These workers appealed for support to the American Railway Union (ARU), which argued unsuccessfully for arbitration. On June 20, the ARU gave notice that beginning June 26 its membership would no longer work trains that included Pullman cars." http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1029.html
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Held in Atlanta specifically Piedmont Park. This was to showcase economic progress of the south since the civil war, to also encourage international trade and attract investors to the region. Also a historical speech was given by Booker T. Washington at this place of events.
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Henry Ford built what is called a Quadricycle Runabout. It was the first car built by Henry. It was his first attempt to build a gasoline powered automobile. It was made of angle iron for the frame, a leather belt and chain drive for the transmission, and a buggy seat.
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Between candidates William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. McKinley came out on top with the popular vote.
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"A war between the US and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America." https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war
The war started because Cuba struggled with its independence from Spain, which began on February 1895. The outcome of the war was the US came out on top and were the victors. Then after the war came the Treaty of Paris. -
This started with an idea by British and American China expert Alfred E. Secretary Hay sent the first Notes on September 6, to other great powers that had interest in China, including Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, and Japan. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/hay-and-china#:~:text=The%20idea%20behind%20the%20Open,American%20China%20experts%2C%20Alfred%20E.&text=Under%20their%20influence%2C%20Secretary%20Hay,Russia%2C%20Germany%2C%20and%20Japan.
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Between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan were both nominated again and just like the past election McKinley won the popular vote.
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A category 4 Hurricane ripped through Galveston Texas. To this day this is still one of the most deadliest natural disaster and worst hurricanes in history. Up to 12,000 people died.