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Becomes the 19th president of the United States of America
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Texas farmers form the first agricultural labor union in Lampasas, Texas. They called themselves the "Farmers' Alliance".
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Railroad laborers go on strike across the country. The workers' campaign for higher wages was ultimately a failure, but it sowed the seeds for the formation of the first labor unions.
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Thomas Edison displays his lights and generators to reporters and investors
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Congress passes the Immigration Act. This limits immigrants that cannot support themselves, the mentally ill, and criminals from entering the United States
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William "Buffalo Bill" Cody starts his Wild West show. This served to romanticize the West in the eyes of the population.
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Congress passes the Dawes General Allotment Act, splitting Indian tribes into individual family units, rather than a single tribal group.
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Hawaii becomes a territory of The United States of America
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Congress passes the Gold Standard Act, ending the monetary debate by putting the United States on a gold standard.