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The phonograph was created by Thomas Edison at Menlo Park, New Jersey, along with an electric lighting system.
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On March 7, 1876,Alexander Graham Bell got the first patent for the telephone and on March 10, 1876, the first message was passed through the telephone.
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Sitting Bull and his men killed all 256 of Lt Colonel Custer men at the battle of Little Big Horn in Montana.
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First official meeting in Lampass, Texas. They wanted to return some power back to the famers of America. This group later became the People's (populist) party.
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Rutherford Hayes won the presidential election of 1876 against Samuel J. Tilden.
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This revolt started after the wages were cut once again and the pay for shareholders increased. The workers shut down the railroad lines from Baltimore to St. Louis, because they refused to work. Once the State militia arrived, everything erupted into chaos and many were killed or injured and a huge amount of railroad property was destroyed. After 6 weeks the federal police got involved to break up the strikes across the country and start the railroads up again.
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The railroad was expanding, but so was the city, they created the elevated railroad and eventually the underground railroad (subway).
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James Garfield wins the presidential election of 1880 against Winfield Hancock and James Weaver. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 and died on September 19,1881, making his Vice President, Chester Arthur, the president until the end of the term.
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Chester Arthur becomes president after James Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 and died on September 19, 1881. Arthur completed Garfield's term as president.
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The government limited the who could and could not come into America because they did not want 'unfavorable' people coming in.
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Buffalo Bill started his Wild West Show by playing off peoples idea of what the West was like by having Indians, Sharpshooters, Rangers, Cavalrymen and many others.
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The first Skyscraper was created in in Chicago, it was ten stories high.
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Democrat Grover Cleveland wins the election against Republican James Blaine in the election of 1884
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Labor protest in Chicago near Haymarket Square because of the police action taken at McCormick the day before. It started peacefully but someone threw dynamite into the crowd and started the riot, both of these actions killed eight people and injured many more.
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The Dawes act of 1887, carved the tribal lands of the native Indians into 160 acre plots for the Indian families to live on, any land not given to the natives was sold.
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In 1888 set out to create phonograph for the eyes. In 1889 he designed rolling film. In 1891 he had made the rolling film and the device to see it also. By 1894, he had 76 different films for people to see. In 1896, people started going to theaters to view these films.
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Republican Ben Harrison won the 1888 election against Grover Cleveland
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The Wovoka revelation spread like wildfire through the Natives, making many practice the Ghost Dance. This uprising of the Natives scared the Americans and the battle of Wounded Knee broke out in December, leading to the death of 25 U.S. troopers and 147 Natives Americans.
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Ellis Island opened and the flood of immigrants came in. Ellis Island's busiest year was 1907
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In Homestead Pennsylvania, workers lead a strike that resulted in a bloody battle between the workers, who had shut down the plant in protest, and the Pinkerton Agents who had been called in to get the workers to open the plant again. The battle finally ended when the Governor of Pennsylvania called in the Militia. The strike began on July 1, and the battle began July 6.
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Jack Turner was a historian from Wisconsin who presented his thesis about westward expansion at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
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Phil and Reading railroad goes bankrupt and caused deflation. Railroad was overbuilt, Europe pulled investments, Agriculture was overworked, all led to depression and job/wage cuts. Full rebound did not come until 1897
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Cleveland becomes president once again after he won the election against Ben Harrison and James Weaver.
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William McKinley wins 1896 election against William Bryan.
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America intervened with the Cubans revolution for freedom from Spain. America got involved after the USS Maine exploded on February 15,1898. After this American recognized Cuba's independence on April 20, and because of this Spain declared war on the U.S. on April 22. Congress decided to go to war on April 25, 1898. On Spain signed the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898, ending the war. American occupation remained for four years, because they did not believe Cuba was capable of self rule.