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Women’s suffrage amendment introduced in Congress after work by activist Susan B. Anthony; Senate does not vote on it until 1884
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Thomas Edison invents the electric light
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James Garfield elected 20th president
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Booker T. Washington becomes principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, which provides vocational training to blacks
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Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional
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Haymarket riot occurs when Chicago police disperse striking union workers demanding 8-hour workday; 7 policemen killed, 4 protesters sentenced to death; union movements nationwide suffer as a result
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Jane Addams founds Hull House to provide relief to Chicago poor
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International forces quell Boxer Rebellion against Western imperialism in China
