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Telephone invention
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone -
End of Reconstruction
Reconstructions ends with the compromise of 1877 -
Lightbulb invention
Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb -
Garfield assassinated
James A. Garfield was assassinated by Charles Guiteau -
Garfield is inaugurated
James A. Garfield becomes president of the United States -
Annexed states
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington are annexed into the United States -
Plessy v Ferguson
This case legalized segregation on train cars -
Treaty of Paris
The Spanish-American war ended when the Treaty of Paris was signed