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Ulysses S. Grant was president during this time.
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United States History Timeline, 1876-1900
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The era after the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era was a time where Americans attempted to rebuild the South.
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The Great Sioux War was a war over gold in the Black Hills between the U.S. government and the Sioux and the Cheyenne.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn was a famous battle of the Great Sioux War of 1876. Also known as Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Little Big Horn was a victory for Crazy Horse and the Lakota, the Cheyenne, and the Arapaho tribes. George Custer fought and lost on behalf of the United States.
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The Gilded Age was marked by an outward appearance of wealth and industrial improvements, but also by poor treatment of the working class and poor.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was president during this time.
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a labor strike also called the Great Upheaval. The labor strike spread across the nation. Approximately one hundred people were killed as a result.
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The Battle of Clearwater was between the United States and Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce. The battle was a U.S. victory.
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The Socialist Labor Party was a political party that advocated for promoting the working class against the big businesses and monopolies of the day.
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James A. Garfield was president during this time.
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Chester A. Arthur was president during this time.
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Grover Cleveland was president during this time.
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The Haymarket Riot was a labor protest rally in Chicago's Haymarket Square. Eight people died during the riot. This was significant because it was a setback for the organized labor movement.
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Benjamin Harrison was president during this time.
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The Philippine-American War was a war between the Philippine Republic and the United States because the Philippine Republic objected to the Treaty of Paris.
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The Sherman Antitrust Act was Congress' first act they took against trusts. It was meant to dissolve trusts that monopolized products.
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Grover Cleveland had his second term at this time.
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The Progressive Era was marked by civil rights, fighting on labor reform, and prohibition.
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William McKinley was president at the time.
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The USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor off Cuba. Americans decided that Spain was responsible. This lead to the Spanish-American War.
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This marks the beginning of the Spanish-American War.
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The Spanish-American War was a war between the United States and Spain sparked because of the explosion of the USS Maine.
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This was the first and most decisive naval battle of the Spanish-American War.
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This battle of the Spanish-American War made Theodore Roosevelt famous when he charged up the hill with his Rough Riders.
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The Battle of Santiago Bay was a naval battle. The United States won the battle and sealed American victory of the Spanish-American War.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War.
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The Philippine-American War was a war between the Philippine Republic and the United States because the Philippine Republic objected to the Treaty of Paris.
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The Battle of Manila was a major battle of the Philippine-American War.
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The Philippine-American War ended.