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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was created.
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A National Labor Union is organized.
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The Wyoming Territory grants women the right to vote.
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The Trancontinental Railroad Joins near Ogden, Utah.
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The Knights of Labor are organized
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The Standard Oil Company is Organized.
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The Woman's Christians temperance union is organized.
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The Chautauqa Education movement is launched.
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The Johns Hopkins University graduate school was established.
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Alexander Bell invewnts the telephone.
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Thomas Edison invents the electric light.
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The Salvation Army begins work in America.
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Booker T washington becomes head of Tuskeegee Institute.
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Louis Sullivan builds the first skyscraper in Chicago
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Haymarket Square is bombed
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The American Federation of Labor is formed.
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The Statue of Liberty is errected in New York Harbor.
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The Interstate Commerce Act was designed to regulate the railroad industry.
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Jane Addams founds Hull House in Chicago.
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Basketball is invented.
