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To restore economic power to farmers as they dealt with railroads, merchants, and bankers
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Thomas Edison announces that he has developed electric power and lighting
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There was a large difference in how many peoples lives were lived, many people were in poverty, but it was covered up. This book revealed exactly what was happening
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American Laborers began to campaign for labor rights starting with an 8 hour work day, this led to strikes until it was implemented into the labor world
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This was a result of police killing workers while breaking up protestors at the McCormick reaper works, workers rioted, police shot into the crowd and 4 strikers were killed
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New Political party, the populists is formed
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Workers decided to strike at one of Carnegies Steel mills in Homestead, Pennsylvania after wages were cut multiple times
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This caused the worst economic depression the nation had yet seen, this caused the populist to win further credibility and gain more votes
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Workers decided to strike when pullman cut wages by a quarter, but kept rent, and utilities in his mill town the same price
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Grover Cleveland was election to presidency
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William McKinley wins the election
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Henry Ford invents the first Automobile
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Congress passed the gold standard act which said that the country used gold as currency, which ended the debate over the nations monetary policy