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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, an invention that would change the way people communicate over long distances forever.
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This compromise resulted in the United States federal government pulling troops out of the south and marked the end of the Reconstruction Era.
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He became the 19th United States president, and he took office after narrowly winning the 1876 presidential election.
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Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, another revolutionary device that would forever change the lighting in peoples homes, buildings, and more.
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James A. Garfield was a brigadier general during the Civil War, and he won the Presidential election of 1880.
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President Garfield was shot by an assassin 4 months after becoming president, and he passed away 2 months later.
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Chester A. Arthur was a quartermaster general of the New York Militia during the American Civil war, and he became vice president, and took over presidency after the passing of James A. Garfield.
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United States Cavalry Troops went into Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to disarm the Lakota and ended up with 250-300 men, women and children being killed, and 51 people wounded.