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1876-1900

By Gabby Gordon
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    The Battle of Little Bighorn

    The Lakota Plains Indians defeated General George A. Custer and his 276 men.
  • Rutherford B. Hayes Becomes President

    Rutherford B. Hayes Becomes President

    The 19th president of the United States was inaugurated.
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    The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    The first major railroad strike in the U.S. which was the start of more labor conflicts to come.
  • Edison and Electricity

    Edison and Electricity

    Thomas Edison began researching electricity for power and lighting. This led to the invention of the lightbulb and other important electric items.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act stopped Chinese people from immigrating and becoming citizens. It was the first law to ban immigration because of nationality in the U.S.

  • Dawes General Allotment Act

    This split reservation lands into individual families instead of as a whole tribe.
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    Panic of 1893

    Also known as the Long Depression was an economic depression that affected the U.S. and some of Europe.
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    Spanish–American War

    A conflict between the United States and Spain beginning with the battleship Maine's explosion in Havana, Cuba and ending with the Treaty of Paris of 1898.