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Susan B. Anthony
Women’s suffrage amendment introduced in Congress after work by activist Susan B. Anthony; Senate does not vote on it until 1884 -
Light to Change the World
Thomas Edison invents the electric light -
New President
James Garfield elected 20th president -
African American Education
Booker T. Washington becomes principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, which provides vocational training to blacks -
Civil rights to Jim Crow
Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional -
Haymarket riot
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 -
Hull House
Jane Addams founds Hull House to provide relief to Chicago poor -
Boxer Rebellion
International forces quell Boxer Rebellion against Western imperialism in China
