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Period: to
gilded age
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Grant Elected President
Republican Ulysses S. Grant is elected president and defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour -
Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company is incorporated in Ohio -
Panic of 1873
The collapse of Jay Cooke and Company, a Philadelphia investment bank, triggers a nationwide financial panic that leads to an economic depression which lasts until 1879 -
Alexander Graham Bell Invents Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell successfully transmits a human voice over a wire to improve communication -
Railroad Strike of1877
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad workers walk off the job at Camden Junction, Maryland, that starts a strike that shut down thousands of miles of track throughout the northeastern United States -
Garfield Assassination
President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau and Vice-President Chester A. Arthur became president -
Haymarket Riot
A rally in Chicago's Haymarket Square in support of striking workers from McCormick Harvester Works ends when a bomb is thrown, killing six policemen and wounding more than 60 others
