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battle of little big horn
armed engagement won by the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho and was lost by the United States calvary -
invention of telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone becoming the first of advanced communication -
Chinese exclusion
US Congress passed the Chinese exclusion act. Restricting Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. -
The Dawes General Allotment Act
Congress passes the Dawes General Allotment Act, splitting Indian tribes into individual family units, rather than a single tribal group. -
Dingley Act
Dingley Act raised tariffs in the U.S. It had been effective for twelve years. It was the longest-lived tariffs and also the highest. -
Iron Strike
The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers strikes at one of Andrew Carnegie's steel mills. The state militia is called in to break the strike, which in turn destroyed the union. -
Pullman Strike
Workers at the Pullman rail car factory strike. They are aided by the American Railway Union. The strike is broken by the arrest of the union's leader, Eugene Debs. -
Founding of the American Anti-Imperialist League
The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization to against the American annexation of the Philippines. It supported that imperialism was a violation to the fundamental principle. -
gold standard act
Congress passes the Gold Standard Act, ending the monetary debate
