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Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. president technically lost election but took office after Compromise of 1877 with Democrats -
Railroad workers strike across United States
began on July 14 something referred to as the Great Upheaval, where railroad workers protested across the United States. -
James A. Garfield
20th U.S. president elected in 1880 but assassinated after less than a year in office -
The Populist Party Pushes for Reforms
Many Gilded Age workers toiled in dangerous jobs for low pay. Approximately 40 percent of industrial laborers in the 1880s -
Theodore Roosevelt Ushers in the Progressive Era
Some historians point to the 1890s as the start of the Progressive Era, but the ascent of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency after McKinley’s assassination