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Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone, an invention that would change the meaning of communication in America.
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The Great Sioux War was a series of battles between the US and native tribes of Lakota, Dakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho over the possession of the Black Hills. The United States won the overall war. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in Montana, Dakota and Wyoming.
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Colorado became the 38th state of the United States.
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War started over arguments between Plain Indians and buffalo hunters on differing opinions on the buffalo. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in Texas and Oklahoma.
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War between the US and the Nez Perce tribe over ancestral lands. Ended in American victory. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881. He was thought to have won his close election by fraud, his term ended Reconstruction era of the US, and he is known for trying to reform the government.
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Strike in railroad company after company cut wages for the third time.
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War between the US and Bannock, Shoshone and Paiuten tribes. Ended in US victory. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming.
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War between US and Cheyenne Indians. Ended in US victory. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana.
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War between Us and Shoshone Indians. Ended in US victory. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in Idaho.
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War between US and Mexico and the Apache Indians. Ending in US-Mexican victory. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in Mexico.
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War between the US and the Ute Indians. Ended in US victory. Part of the American Indian Wars. fought in Colorado.
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Thomas Edison creates first commercial light bulb.
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James A. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States starting March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881. He was assassinated six and a half months into his presidency.
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Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross.
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Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885.
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Law passed preventing Chinese immigrants and prevented any Chinese person of citizenship.
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Civil Rights Case 109 US 3 permits racial discrimination.
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The bridge took 14 years to complete.
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Grover Cleveland was the 22nd president of the United States from 1885 to 1889.
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A gift from France, the Statue of Liberty sits in the New York Harbor. .
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Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United Stated from 1889 to 1893.
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North Dakota became the 39th state of the United State.
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South Dakota became the 40th state of the United State.
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Montana became the 41st state of the United States.
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Washington became the 42nd state of the United States.
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Conflict between Us and the Sioux Indians. Ended in Us victory. Part of the American Indian Wars. Fought in South Dakota.
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Idaho became the 43rd state of the United States.
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Wyoming becomes the 44th state of the United States.
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Uprising in Mexico. Involved Mexico and the US and the Garzistas. Ended in Mexican-US victory. Fought in Texas and Mexico.
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Economic depression that caused panic in 1893.
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Grover Cleveland also became the 24th president of the United States from 1893 to 1897.
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War between the US and Mexico and the tribes of Yaqui, Pima and Opata. Part of the American Indians Wars. Ended in American-Mexican victory. Fought in Arizona and Mexico.
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Utah became the 45th state of the United State.
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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States from 1897 to 1901.
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Dispute over who should govern the Samoan Islands. Conflict between Germany and US. Inconclusive results.
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Several conflicts between Spain and the US leading up. Ended in US victory(Treaty of Paris). Fought in the Caribbean.
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War between the Philippines and the US over independence. Ended in US victory(occupation of the Philippines). Fought in the Philippines.
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Conflict in China involving US. Ended in US-Ally victory.