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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19th president of the United States. -
Farmers from Texas form their first agricultural labor union in Lampasas, Texas. -
The Federal government left the south to their own devices and democrats come more into power. -
Railroad workers go on strike for higher wages, an ultimate failure. But created the idea of forming unions -
Thomas Edison patented the lightbulb. -
James A. Garfield becomes 20th president of the United States -
Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. army, ending native resistance to white settlers. -
Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st president of the United States. -
Time when the U.S denied those into the United States if they fit a certain criteria. This included Chinese or Asian descent. -
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody starts a romanticized show based on the Wild West. -
Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd president of the United States. -
When over 300,000 workers nationwide stopped work, in petition of a eight-hour workday. -
Split up Indiana tribes from tribes and into single family units. -
Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rd president of the United States. -
first measure in forbidding trusts. -
Bloody confrontation of employees vs. employers in the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pennsylvania. -
a widespread railroad strike and boycott that messed up the railroads in the U.S. Midwest. -
William McKinley becomes the 25th president. -
Hawaii is annexed to the United States. -
Western Markets have equal access to Chinese Markets. -
The exchanging of gold for only paper money.