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Graham Bell received a patent for the first telephone. This invention changed the way that people communicated with each other.
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Rutherford B. Hayes ran against Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes was eventually declared the winner.
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The first phonograph got a patent. It was a device for recording and replaying sound.
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This act prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States. This act excluded Chinese nationals from eligibility for U.S. citizenship.
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This was a labor union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Railroad workers struck against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads.
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The Haymarket Riot happened because a labor protester rally near Chicago`s Haymarket square turned into a full out riot after a bomb was thrown at police.
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26th presidential election, Benjamin Harrison defeated Democratic President Grover Cleveland.
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This was the first land rush into unassigned lands. There was many lands that were open for settlement. It included parts of Canada and Cleveland.
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Armed conflict between the United States and Spain. It ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and the U.S. gained territories in the Western Pacific and Latin America.
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