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Civil Rights Act
This act tried to make all men equal in the eyes of the law and outlawed racial discrimination in public places, like restaurants -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone -
Colorado becomes a state
Colorado becomes the 38th state in the U.S.A. -
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Hayes presidency
Rutherford B. Hayes is the 19th president of the U.S. -
The Compromise of 1877
This ended the Reconstruction era. The U.S. government removed the troops from the South -
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Railroad workers' wages were cut in 1877. In an attempt to bring them back up, the workers went on strike. It spread across the U.S. and caused trouble but it failed to accomplish much. -
Lightbulb
Thomas Edison receives a patent for his invention the lightbulb -
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Garfield Presidency
James Garfield is the 20th president of the U.S. He didn't serve a full term because he was assassinated. -
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Spanish-American War
This war was between Spain and America over Spain's colonial rule in the Western hemisphere. The war made the U.S. a Pacific power. It was ended with the treaty of Paris -
The Newlands Resolution
This was passed by the U.S. Congress with the aim to annex the then independent Hawaii.