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Telephone is Patented
Alexander Graham Bell is granted the patent for the telephone -
Colorado Becomes a State
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The Compromise of 1877
Troops are pulled out of the South and the Reconstruction Era ends -
Rutherford B. Hayes Becomes the 19th President
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Light Bulb is Patented
Thomas Edison is granted the patent to the light bulb -
James A. Garfield Becomes the 20th President
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President Garfield is Assassinated
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Chester A. Arthur Becomes President
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Grover Cleveland Becomes President
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The Dawes Act of 1887
Land allotments to the Native Americans -
North Dakota and South Dakota Become States
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Montana Becomes a State
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Washington Becomes a State
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Idaho Becomes a State
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Wyoming Becomes a State
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William McKinley Becomes President