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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
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Emily Dickinson writes several hundred poems
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End of Civil War
Civil War ends and Thirteen Amendment was passed which abolished slavery. Lincoln Assasinated. -
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
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Congress institutes 8-hour workday
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14th amendment: citizenship to all
citizenship given to people born in U.S. -
First Railroad
built mostly by Chinese workers, and Women's suffrage Association names Elizabeth Cady president -
15th amendment
15th amendment is ratified, giving blacks the rright to vote -
Jim Crow Laws begin
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Henry James Daisy Miller
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women lawyers
Women are allowed to argue on front of Supreme court as lawyers, and Thomas Edison invent lightbulb -
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Huge immigration from Europe to U.S.
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Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Statue of Liberty dedicated
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wall-paper
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Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin
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Stephen Crane Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
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James Mooney Ghost Dance Songs
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United States anexxes Hawaii
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Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie
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Booker T Washington Up from Slavery
