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The economy at this time was slow which lead to railroad companies cutting wages. People were not happy and this lead to The Great Railroad Strike of 1897.
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Thomas Edison announces plans for using electricity for lighting which he does by 1883
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The Knights of Labor gain popularity in 1880 and by 1886 they had hundreds of thousands of followers.
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Denied Chinese laborers into the country but allowed students and merchants.
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Denied admission to people who would not be able to support themselves.
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A national labor strike is held with hundreds of thousands of people participating.
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The 1898 conflict would eventually turn America into a world power.
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The treaty officially ending the Spanish-American war. US gains new territories from Spain
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An armed conflict with gorilla warfare in the philippines that lasted until 1902
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The industrialization of the United States help make it the leading manufacturing nation.