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The National League of Baseball is founded with the Cincinnati Red Stockings as the first professional team.
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Alexander Bell patents the telephone, though he was not necessarily its first creator. This revolutionizes America by speeding up communication to an unrivaled pace.
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The battle of Little Bighorn began when Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne natives refused to leave their last holding of homeland instead of leaving for reservations. General George Custard was sent to "encourage" their leaving but was met with a much larger force than had been expected. His men suffered extreme casualties due to being far outnumbered.
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Colorado becomes an official state of the US. under President Ulysses Grant.
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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President. Reconstruction ends with the Compromise of 1877 and withdraws all federal troops from the South and consolidates democratic control.
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U.S. population census counts over 50 million citizens. Women were allowed to be enumerators for the first time. There were 38 states and 8 territories at the time.
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Clara Barton founds the Red Cross alongside friends and associates such as Frederick Douglas. As a Civil War nurse, she cared greatly for American life and worked hard to continue helping until her death.
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Congress begins the Interstate Commerce Commission in order to oversee railroad construction. .
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North Dakota becomes a state under Benjamin Harrison.
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South Dakota becomes a state under President Benjamin Harrison.
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Montana becomes a state under President Benjamin Harrison.
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Washington becomes the 42nd state of America under President Benjamin Harrison.
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The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association merge in order to create the North American Women's Suffrage Association to advocate for women's rights.
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Yosemite National Park is founded in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Basketball is created by Dr. James Naismith as a way to keep his athletes fit through the winter months.
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A severe depression which lasted from 1893 to 1897. It is thought to have been caused by Argentinian crop failure which affected many Americans who held large shares of the farms. Europeans saw the decline and began to buy out American gold before a full crash happened.
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Utah becomes the 45th state under President Cleveland.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the US and Spain, ending the end of the Spanish-American war.
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The Open Door policy called for equal opportunity and administrative integrity towards all countries trading with China, including Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia.
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Gold Standard act established gold as the only metal allowed to be traded for paper currency rather than continuing to accept silver.
