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The Great Strike of 1877
Workers for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad struck to protest their second wage cut in two months. -
President Garfield Assassination
As President Garfield walked through the Washington, D.C., train station, he was shot two times by a mentally unbalanced lawyer named Charles Guiteau, whom Garfield had turned down for a job. -
Watches Synchronized
Railroad crews and towns across the country synchronized their watches -
The Haymarket Affair
3,000 people gathered at Chicago's Haymarket Square to protest police brutality--a striker had been killed and several had been wounded at the McCormick Harvester plant the day before. -
Interstate Commerce Act Passed
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act -
Dawes Act Passed
Congress passed the Dawes Act -
Illegal Executions
Three African-American businessmen, friends of Wells, were illegally executed without trial. -
The Homestead Strike
The steelworkers finally called a strike after the company president, Henry Clay Frick, announced his plan to cut wages. -
Populist Party in Omaha, Nebraska
Populist party in Omaha, Nebraska took place (demanded reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers and to give the people a greater voice in their governement) -
National Association of Colored Woman Founded
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First Successful Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright had their first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It covvered 120 feet and lasted 12 seconds. -
The San Francisco Earthquake
-The quake lasted 28 seconds; fires burned for 4 days
-An estimated 1,000 people died
-Over 200,000 were left homeless
-Fire swept through 5 square miles of the city
-28,000 buildings were destroyed -
Bad Factory Fire
Fire spread in factory and killed 146 women. Jury aquitted the factory owners of manslaughter. -
Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration
On the day of his inauguration, 5,000 woman suffragists marched through hostile crowds in Washington, D.C., Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, the parade's organizers, were members of the National American Woman Sufrage Association. -
Federal Trade Commission Act Passed
