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Invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented and received a patent for the telephone in February of 1876 -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Federal troops and the Northern Plain Indians fought in Montana and ended in with a Native American victory. -
Presidential election of 1876
After a drawn out and controversial election, Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president and Samuel Tilden was elected vice president. -
Invention of the phonograph
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph also know as a record player. -
Presidential election of 1880
James Garfield was elected president and William Wheeler was elected vice president. -
Statue of Liberty
After given to the United States by France, the Statue of Liberty arrived and was assembled at the New York Harbor. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Yosemite National Park
Congress created the nation's second National Park called Yosemite in California -
Wounded Knee Massacre
In a final effort to put an end to the Plain Indians, the United States Army troop slaughtered 300 Lakota Indians in South Dakota. -
Panic of 1893
The panic of 1893 was a significant decline in the New York stock market. -
President McKinley Inaugurated
