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The Treaty of Fort Laramie 1851 was signed on September 17 1851 between the United States treaty commissioners and the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. The treaty guaranteed the tribes claim to their traditional land, and safe passage for settlers on the Oregon trail. Eventually this treaty failed, but would be re-drafted in 1868, with another failure with the unlawful annexation of Lakota Sioux Land.
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In this slice of American history there were many important events such as Edison's usage of electricity on a large scale, the Spanish-American War, and the great Railroad strike of 1877. As well as new Ideas like Turner's "Frontier Thesis" and Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth"
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, and The Battle of the Greasy Grass are all names for the conflict that was the only major victory for the Native Americans in the Great Sioux war of 1876. George Armstrong Custer and his 7th calvary regiment of 700 men came into contact with over 2,500 Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. The result was disastrous for the 7th calvary, losing 268 men and 55 more wounded.
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began on July 14 1877, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut wages for a third time that year. The strike lasted sixty-nine days, when it was finally broke by national guard and Federal Troops. Other strikes broke across the country and a total of around 100 people died nationwide because of the violence.
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Thomas Edison with his company had designed and built six, 27-ton "Jumbo" constant-voltage dynamos. The dynamos were powered by reciprocating steam engines supplied by four coal-fired boilers. The first day that Pearl Street Manhattan station went into operation was on the afternoon of 4 September 1882. This area powered by electricity may have been a small start, but electricity would power the second industrial Revolution.
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In June of 1889 Andrew Carnegie published an article called, " The Gospel of Wealth". Carnegie called for the wealthy to use their surplus in a thoughtful and useful manner. It was the wealthy's responsibility to assist in the eradication of poverty. Carnegie was against the state taking money from the wealthy, but generous giving to the poor is at its best when carefully and strategically given by the wealthy themselves.
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In 1893 while the American Historical Association met, Frederick Jackson Turner presented his "Frontier Thesis" apart of his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History". Turner spoke on the good that had come from individual Americans journeying west in search of opportunity. He saw the closing frontier as ending to the first period of American History that had begun over 400 years prior, when Columbus first arrived on these shores.
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Tensions began when the USS Maine sank after a massive explosion in February of 1898.On April 20, 1898, McKinley signed a joint Congressional resolution demanding Spanish withdrawal and authorizing the President to use military force to help Cuba gain independence. As a result Spain severed diplomatic relation with America. The 10-week war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific. The result was the 1898 Treaty of Paris, negotiated on terms giving many Spanish territories to the U.S.
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The USS Main was sent to Havana harbor in Cuba to protect American interests during the long-standing revolt of the Cubans against the Spanish government. In the evening of 15 February 1898, Maine sank when her forward gunpowder magazines exploded. Nearly three-quarters of the battleship's crew died as a result of the explosion. This was a major factor that began the Spanish-American war.
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The Battle of San Juan Hill or Heights was a pivotal victory for the American forces. It was one of the more deadly engagements and many men died on both sides, a total loss of 288 men. The battle proved to be the location of the "greatest victory" for the Rough Riders, as stated by the press and its new commander, Theodore Roosevelt.
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Was the conflict that resulted as the United States took control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American war. Rather than giving the Philippines the freedom they had wanted, America fought a bloody war that eventually lead to American rule in the Philippines until World War II. The casualty count on both sides was very high, but the Filipinos lost between 16,000 and 20,000 soldiers and between 200,000 and 1,000,000 civilians due to famine and disease.