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Transcontinental Railroad was created
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
moved to buy stock in the erie to combine it with his own New York central railroad. On November 1, he merged these railroads. -
Munn v. Illinois
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Hayes fights the spoils system
Rutherford Hayes removed Chester A. Arthur from an important patronage positions in New York. -
Benjamin Harrison Elected President
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James A. Garffields Assaination
James Garfield was shot and fatally wounded on July 2, 1881. He died on September 19, 1881. -
Pendelton Civil Service Act
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Republicans Nominated James G. Blaine for president
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Grover Cleveland Became first Deocratic President since 1856
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Wabash Case
St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois -
Sherlock Holmes debuts "A Study in Scarlet"
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Sherman Antitrust Act was signed
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Pullman Strike
About 3000 employess of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a strike in a response to recent reductions in wages -
William Mckinley was elected president
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Boxer Rebellion occurs in China
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President William McKinley's Assasintaion
Assassinated by Leon Czolgosz