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Alexander Graham invents the Telephone on March 10,1876
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An unwritten deal made among U.S. congressmen, that resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ending the Reconstruction Era.
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Rutherford B. Hayes became President on March 4, 1877 and served as President until March 4, 1881.
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Thomas Edison invents the Light Bulb on October 14,1878
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James A. Garfield becomes president on March 4, 1881.
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James A. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 and died 79 days later on September 19, 1881.
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Chester A. Arthur became President on September 19, 1881 after the assassination of President James A. Garfield. He served as President until March 4, 1885
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Grover Cleveland became President on March 4, 1885 and served until March 4, 1889
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The Dawes Act of 1887 gave the federal government the ability to divide up Native American tribal land into individual plots.
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Benjamin Harrison became President on March 4, 1889 and served until March 4, 1894
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A domestic Massacre of serval hundred Lakota Indians by soldiers of the United States attempting to disarm the Indians.
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An industrial lockout and strike beginning on July 1, 1892 and ending on July 6, 1892.
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Almost 4,000 factory workers of the Pullman Company stroke in response to recent reductions in wages.
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William McKinley became President on March 4, 1897 and served until September 14, 1901.
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The USS Maine was sunk in the Havana Harbor, contributing to the start of the Spanish-American war.
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The Spanish-American war begins on April 21, 1898.
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The Treaty of Paris ends the Spanish-American war. Spain relinquished all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba and also ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
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Grover Cleveland starts his second non-consecutive term on March 4, 1993 and ends his term on March 4, 1897