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Railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, started a strike to protest working conditions and wage cuts. -
This act mandated the government to purchase and coin silver. -
Thomas Edison attempted the practical incandescent light bulb, a towards widespread electrification. -
Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. -
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first major law to restrict immigration to the United States and 10-year ban on Chinese laborers. -
Thomas Edison started the United States' first commercial electrical power plant. -
This act focused on reforming the US civil service by establishing a merit-based system for hiring and government employees. -
United States and Canadian railroads instituted standard time in time zones, to help the transcontinental railroad. -
The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, arrived in New York Harbor shipped in 350 individual pieces packed in over 200 case. -
The Indian wars in the Southwest ended with the surrender of Apache Chief Geronimo. -
A labor demonstration in Chicago's Haymarket Square turned violent when a bomb exploded. -
This act aimed to regulate the railroad industry,signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. -
Dawes Act made the federal government to break up tribal lands into individual plots for Native American. -
The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C. -
Blizzard struck the East Coast from March 11-14 dumped heavy snow with areas receiving over 50 inches of snow. -
Allowed North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to seek statehood. -
Thousands of people rushed into the Oklahoma Territory to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. -
The South Fork Dam in western Pennsylvania collapsed which killed over 2,200 people. -
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington were emerged to the United States as states, becoming the 39th, 40th, 41st, and 42nd state. -
This tariff act raised duties on imported goods impacting trade and the economy.