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Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson.
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Nativism becgan to increase
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Susan B. Anthony joined the American Anti-Slavery Society.
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Theodore Roosevelt was born.
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Homestead Act signed by President Abraham Lincoln
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Eugene V. Deb elected Indiana State Assembly
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Haymarket Riot took place, massacre from bombing aftermath
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The Dawes Act
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Clarence Darrow made an attempt to defend Eugene V. Debs but ended up being arrested.
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Ida B. Wells started an anti-lynching campaign and led a protest.
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First Muckraker strike
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Andrew Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company to John Pierpont Morgan for $480 million dollars.
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Eugene V. Debs founded IWW
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Upton Sinclair published "The Jungle"
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Pure Food and Drug Act became effective, banning foreign, mislabeled food and drugs.
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16th Amendment ratified by Congress, which gave Congress power to collect taxes on all income.
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17th Amendment ratified by Congress, granting citizens the right to directly elect senators.
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Federal Reserve Act was signed into action by President Woodrow Wilson, making changes to banks
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William Jennings Bryan aided Congress in passing the 18th Amendment.
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Theodore Roosevelt died.
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18th Amendment ratified by Congress, prohibiting import, export, and sale of all alcoholic beverages.
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19th Amendment ratified by Congress, granting women the right to vote.
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Women's suffrage rights were granted by the 19th Amendment.
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Jane Addams became the first woman to earn the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The Libertarian Party was formed by David F. Nolan as a third party in politics.
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California's Governor, Gray Davis was replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger by a recall.