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BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN
IN 1876 THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN BEGAN. THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN WAS THE BATTLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND AMERICAN SETTLERS OVER THE GREAT PLAINS. -
PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
IN 1877 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES BECOMES PRESIDENT AND WILLIAM A. WHEELER BECOMES HIS VICE PRESIDENT. -
MORGAN SILVER DOLLARS
IN 1878 THE MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR WAS FIRST MINTED. -
THOMAS EDISON
IN 1879 THOMAS EDISON CREATED THE FIRST LIGHT BULB. -
US POPULATION GROWTH
IN 1880 THE GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES EXCEEDED 50 MILLION. -
PRESIDENT JAMES A. GARFIELD
IN 1881 JAMES A. GARFIELD BECAME PRESIDENT AND CHESTER A. ARTHUR WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT. -
CHANGE IN PRESIDENCY
PRESIDENT GARFIELD DIES AFTER BEING SHOT ONLY 99 DAYS INTO HIS PRESIDNECY. CHESTER A. ARTHUR TAKES HIS PLACE AS PRESIDENT. -
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WILD WEST
IN 1882 JESSE JAMES WAS KILLED BY ROBERT AND CCHARLIE FORD. IN 1883 BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW WAS FOUNDED STARING SITTING BULL, ANNIE OAKLEY, GERONIMO, AND CALAMITY JANE. -
CIVIL RIGHTS
IN 1883 CIVIL RIGHTS HAD A LOT OF ACTION. FIRST SEGREGATION WAS LEGALIZED. SECONDLY, THE PENDLETON CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT WAS CREATED. -
PRESIDENT S. GROVER CLEVELAND
S. GROVER CLEVELAND BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1885. HIS VICE PRESIDENT WAS THOMAS A HENDRICKS. -
STATUE OF LIBERTY
IN 1886 THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS DEDICATED TO THE UNITED STATES TO SHOW LIBERTY ENIGHTENING THE WORLD. -
CONGRESS
IN 1887 CONGRESS CREATED THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE DAWES ACT, AND THE HATCH ACT. -
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
IN 1888 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED, AND TODAY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAFIC SOCIETY HAS ITS OWN TELEVISION CHANNEL AND BOOKS. -
BENJAMIN HARRISON
BENJAMIN HARRISON BECOMES PRESIDENT IN 1889 AND LEVI P. MORTON BECOMES HIS VICE PRESIDENT. -
ADDITION TO THE US
IN 1889 THE UNITED STATES GROWS BY ADDING NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, MONTANA, AND WASHINGTON. -
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1890-1892
DURING THE EARLY 1890'S THE UNITED STATES ADDED IDAHO AND WYOMING. WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE HAPPENED, THE BALITMORE CRISIS AND THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE HAPPENED. NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED, AND THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WAS FOUNDED AS WELL. -
S GROVER CLEVELAND
IN 1893 PRESIDENT S. GROVER CLEVELAND HAD HIS SECOND RUNNING. AND ADLAI E. STEVENSON WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT -
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1894-1896
1894 WAS THE TIME OF THE COXEY'S ARMY, THE PULLMAN STRIKE, AND THE WILSON-GORMAN TARRIFF ACT WHICH STATED INCOME TAX. IN 1895 POLLOCK V. FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST CO TAKES DOWN PART OF WILSON-GORMAN TARRIFF. IN 1896 PLESSY V. FERGUSON CREATED THE IDEA OF "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL". ALSO IN 1896 UTAH BECOMES A STATE. -
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
IN 1897 WILLIAM MCKINLEY BECAOMES PRESIDENT, AND GARRET A. HOBART BECOMES HIS VICE PRESIDENT. -
USS MAINE
IN 1898 THE USS MAINE EXPLODED IN HAVANA, CUBA'S HARBOR BEFORE THE APANISH-AMERICAN WAR. -
1899
DURING 1899 THE TELLER AMENDMENT WAS FORMED, NEWSBOYS' STRIKE HAPPENED, THE AMERICAN SAMOA WAS OCCUPIED, AND VICE PRESIDENT HOBART DIED. -
ALBERT EINSTEIN
IN 1900 ALBERT EINSTEIN GRADUATED FROM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC IN ZURICH.
