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Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Calvary Regiment were defeated unexpectedly by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.
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Workers for the railroad from Baltimore to St. Louis went on strike.
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In 1879 Edison first showcased his invention of electrical light.
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The Immigration Act dented poor, mentally ill, and other immigrants from entering the United States.
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Buffalo Bill began touring his wild west show in 1883.
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The American Federation of Labor was a labor union founded in 1886.
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This act broke up the Indian land reservations into family land tracts 160 acres each.
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This law was made in an attempt to make pricing and trade more fair and accessible across states.
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The American-Philippine War began after Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in the wake of the Spanish-American War.
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This act attempted to end monopolies and trusts so as to improve the American economy.
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The Spanish-American war was short lived only lasting from April to August of 1898.
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Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898.
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The Anti-Imperialist League was founded in 1899 with an aim to influence the United States to discontinue 'imperialist' or 'conquering' tendencies.