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Rutherford B. Hayes won the U.S. Presidency among reports of questionable and fraudulent results by many states. -
Led by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custard against Native Americans. He and his men were all killed. -
Settles the election and ends Reconstruction
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A series of violent rail strikes in the U.S. with the goal of wage increases after Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had cut workers wages for the third time.
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Sought to improve economic conditions for farmers through cooperatives and political advocacy.
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Edison shows lights and generators to a group of reporters and investors. -
James A. Garfield became 20th president. -
Sitting Bull surrenders bringing organized native resistance to an end
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Chester Arthur became the president after James Garfield died. -
Barred Chinese Immigrants from entering the country
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Denied admission into the United States to those who were unable to support themselves, those with mental illnesses, or convicted criminals.
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West started his wild west show romanticizing the idea of the west. -
Grover Cleveland becomes president -
Aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor strike.
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Helps stop discriminatory pricing
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Separated Native American reservations into individual homesteads
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Ascends to German throne
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Becomes President -
Publishes "How the Other Half Lives" describing the urban poor and their lives.
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Aims to curtail monopolies. Prevents some of the business practices used by monopolies.
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Emerged as agrarian populist party
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An alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia to counteract the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary.
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Publishes his "Frontier Thesis" -
Nationwide railroad strike broken by the arrest of their leader, Eugene Debs
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Supreme court case ruling segregation and discrimination legal as long as facilities were equal. Established the 'separate but equal doctrine'
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Collapsed after nomination of William Jennings Bryan for presidential election
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Becomes President -
The United States gains Hawaii as a territory. -
U.S. ship exploded in Havana harbor and being unable to achieve a satisfying resolution, American troops were sent in.
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Ended Spanish-American War
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Helped U.S. become a world power
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Called for all Western Markets to have equal access to Chinese
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The United States became the world's leading manufacturing nation.
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Put America on the gold standard
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McKinley sent U.S. troops into China, without consulting Congress, joining a multinational army to prevent closing of trade.