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Completely changes things with the ability to get across the states. creates more of an economy and much easier transportation.
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Fought over native land. They refused to move from traditional homeland to a reservation.
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an informal settlement that ended the dispute of the 1876 election ruling Rutherford B. Hayes into Presidency
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too address the problems of weak central government.
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Charles Guiteau assassinates President James Garfield.
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introduced a 10 year ban on chinese labor due to the growing outrage.
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Instead of being appointed based solely on the recommendations of politicians or government officials, candidates would be examined and tested to verify their qualifications.
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authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals
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The Populist Party's roots lay in the Farmers' Alliance, an agrarian movement that promoted economic action during the Gilded Age.
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William McKinley defeats Wiliam Jennings Bryan for President.