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The Battle of the Little Big Horn
Custer and the Sioux Indians Sitting Bull fought, Custer was wiped out. -
The Iron Horse: The Impact of Railroads on 19th Century American Society
the Indians saw a train as horse because the train transported good just like the horses did. -
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James Ritty Patents the First Cash Register
Born in dayton ohio, with his brothers mechincs help he invented the first cash register. -
the Election of 1880
Incumbent President Rutherford Hayes did not seek re-election, keeping a promise made during the 1876 campaign. The Republican Party eventually chose another Ohioan, James A. Garfield, as their standard-bearer. The Democratic Party meanwhile chose Civil War General Winfield S. Hancock as their nominee. -
The founding of the red cross
Founded by Clara Barton helps the citizens in need and in disasters -
The Assassination of James A. Garfield
As Garfield’s carriage pulled up outside the Baltimore and Potomac, Charles Guiteau paced the waiting room inside, ready to fulfill what he believed was a mission from God -
The Election of 1884
On November 4, 1884, New York Governor Grover Cleveland narrowly defeated Republican former United States Senator James G. Blaine of Maine to become the first Democrat elected President of the United States since the election of 1856, before the American Civil War. -
World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition. New Orleans
In 1884, one third of the world's cotton passed through New Orleans, and the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, which opened Dec. 16 that year, brought more than 1 million visitors to the city to celebrate 100 years of the cotton industry. -
The Election of 1888
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The Haymarket Tragedy 1886
a labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. ... The Haymarket Riot was viewed a setback for the organized labor movement in America, which was fighting for such rights as the eight-hour workday. -
The Johnstown Flood
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Jim Crow Laws Become the Law of the Land
Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. -
Largest Mass-Lynching in U.S. History
The March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of eleven Italian Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in U.S. history. -
The Homestead Strike
The Homestead strike, in Homestead, Pennsylvania, pitted one of the most powerful new corporations, Carnegie Steel Company, against the nation’s strongest trade union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. -
The Columbian Exposition - Chicago Worlds Fair
Westinghouse initially did not put in a bid to power the Fair but agreed to be the contractor for a local Chicago company -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
The Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine -
The Election of 1900
The United States presidential election of 1900 was the 29th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1900. In a re-match of the 1896 race, Republican President William McKinley defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan.
