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Rutherford B. Hayes is elected president of the United States of America
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A series of battles between the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States. The United States wanted ownership of the Black Hills which is what started the war.
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Phonograph was a device made by tinfoil-coated cylinder, a machine with two needles that allowed one to record sound and one for playback. It was invented on February 19th,1878
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Thomas invented the light bulb in 1879 and patented it on January 27,1880
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James Garfield was elected president March 4, 1881
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James Garfield was shot by an assassin three months into his presidency and died two months later on September 19,1881
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Vice President Chester A. Arthur take over as president after James Garfield's assassination on September 19,1881
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The Seattle riot of 1886 occurred on February 6–9, 1886, in Seattle, Washington, amidst rising anti-Chinese sentiment caused by intense labor competition and in the context of an ongoing struggle between labor and capital in the Western United States.
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In 1892 Benjamin Harrison runs for presidency as a Republican nominee.
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The Spanish–American War was a war between Spain and the United States in 1898. There were two major causes to the start of the war, first one was that America supported ongoing struggles by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and second the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.