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Alexander Graham Bell presents the telephone
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Rutherford B. Hayes in inaugurated
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Edison patents the light bulb
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Red Cross is founded
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The Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited immigration of all Chinese laborers
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The Washington Monument is completed
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American Federation of Labor is founded
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated
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"Separate but equal" Case that questioned the racial segregation laws
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First Subway system is opened in Boston
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The Spanish American War happens
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USS Maine is blown up in Havana Harbor
