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The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The first World's Fair to be held in the United States. Lasted from May 10, 1876, to November 10, 1876.
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Native American forces overpowered the U.S. troops and won the Battle
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Rutherford B. Hayes wins the election
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad cut wages of their workers three times in one year so the workers went on strike and wouldn't allow any trains to run. Started
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Chief Joseph of the Nez Perez surrenders to U.S. General Nelson A. Miles
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Thomas Eddison invents the first form of electric light
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African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in 1879. First big migration of African Americans after the Civil War.
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Law that declared that states may not deny individual rights of the United States citizens
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James A. Garfield won the election of 1880
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Arthur was shot on July 2, 1881, by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station. He died 79 days after he was shot while in recovery
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The I.C.E began on October 5, 1881, and lasted until December 31, 1881. It served as a place of trade between southern states and other parts of the world.
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Prevented the immigration of any Chinese workers
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Said that Federal Government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that Government employees be selected through competitive exams.
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The Brooklyn Bridge opens. It connects Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River
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Grover Cleveland beat out James Blaine for the president spot.
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A World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Was used to sell the cotton that was being produced in Louisiana. Ended June 2, 1885.
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Riots that happened during the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago.
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The ICC regulates the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states.
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Authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals.
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Benjamin Harrison beat out Grover Cleveland for president
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Legislation which outlawed monopolies and cartels to increase economic competitiveness
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Required the United States to purchase nearly twice as much silver.
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A domestic massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians, almost half of whom were women and children, by soldiers of the United States Army.
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Grover Cleveland defeated Benjamin Harrison in the presidential election
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Cleveland repealed the law in order to prevent depletion of the government's gold reserves.
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The Supreme Court struck down the income tax imposed by the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act for being an unapportioned direct tax.
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William McKinley defeated William Jennings Brian in the presidential election
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The conflict between Spain and the United States that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in the U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.
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William McKinley decided to annex Hawaii.
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Established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism.
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William Mckinley beat William Jennings Bryan for the second time for the president.