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President Lincoln is shot at the Ford Theater, John Wilkes Booth was the accused shooter.
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This union was the first official lavor union of America and was created for the surplus of new factory workers.
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This future state was territory bought from the Russians,and didn' gain statehood till years later.
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War hero, Ulysess S. Grant becomes President beating Horatio Seymour from New York.
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The railroad was finally finished in Utah, succesdully connecting Eastern and Western America
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The 15th Amendement is passed, securing voting rights for African Americans.
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This oil company was formed and controled the oil market through horizontal integreation, headed by Rockefeller.
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A cartoonist, Thomas Nast, showed the public the truth about "boss" Tweed and Tamney Hall's corrupt ways, successfully bringing an end to the Tweed Ring.
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The Panic of 1873 hits Americas due to overspeculation and the banks giving out unsecured loans. When the loans were not repayed, banks closed and innocent americans suffered.
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The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1875, but would later be deemed unconstitutional in 1883
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The Telephone was created, easing communication across the U.S. Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor.
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This Compromise gave the predidency to Hayes, in return for federal troops to be pulled from the south as well as other terms, but they were never upheld.
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The lightbulb was invented by Thomas Edison, changing all American lives.
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James Garfield becomes president after beating Hancock in the 1880 election.
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Garfield is assasinated in Washington, D.C. by Charles G. Guiteau. He died eleven days later.
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This act was passed, preventing any chinese immigrants into the U.S. and it lasted sevreal decades,
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Grover Cleveland becomes President, marking the first Democrat in the White House for the first time in 25 years.
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As another preventative for monopolies this act began regulation across america's railroads.
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Benjamin Harrison becomes President after having beat out the opposing canidate, Cleveland.
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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was signed, preventing monopolies from being created from trusts.
