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America buying Alaska from Russians
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John D. Rockefeller's standard oil company is incorporated in Ohio. Rockefeller has been active in the oil business since 1863.
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President Ulysses S. Grant names George William Curtis to head the Civil Service Commission
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The New York Sun reports that Vice President Schuyler Colfax, and several members of Congress, including future President James Garfield.
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President Ulysses S. Grant is reelected to a second term as President of the United States, defeating Horace Greeley, the nominee of both the Democratic and Liberal Republican Parties
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after visiting Henry Bessemer's steel planet in England, and noting the demand in Britain for steel rails
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The collapse of Jay cookie and company, a Philadelphia investment bank, triggers a nationwide financial panic that leads to broader economic depression which lasts until 1779
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the Pendelton Act provided that Federal Jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that Government employees be selected through competitive exams
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President William McKinley set a tax on all foreign goods
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US congress votes to go to war with Spain and adopts a joint resolution for the war
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claimed that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba
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Hawaii was overthrown by party of businessmen
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US proposed to everyone about the foreign affairs of China
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