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Telephone is invented
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone with his assistant Thomas Watson -
Custer's last Stand
Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th cavalry regiment is wiped out by Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn River, Mont. -
The Compromise of 1877
the Compromise of 1877 resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era. -
Daws Act of 1877
enacted by the 49th United States Congress. It authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans. This resulted in the Native Americans losing the majority of their land. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Thomas Edison invented light bulb
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James A Garfield
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Garfield assassinated
Garfield was shot and then died on September 19, 1881. Becoming the second president to be assassinated. -
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Chester Arthur
21st president -
Chinese Exclusion Act
the act prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers -
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Grover Cleveland
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Benjamin Harrison
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Census Bureau announces that the West has been settled
In reporting the results of the 1890 census, the Census Bureau announces that the West has been settled and the frontier is closed. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association founded
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) is founded, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as president. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act is signed into law, prohibiting commercial monopolies. -
The Tariff Act of 1890
was enacted to protect domestic industries from foreign competition by raising the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
The Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota was the last major battle in the Indian wars. The West was conquered -
Homestead Strike
was an industrial lockout and strike which began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. The battle was a pivotal event in U.S. labor history. The final result was a major defeat for the union of strikers and a setback for their efforts to unionize steelworkers. -
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Grover Cleveland 2nd Term
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Frederick Jackson Turner___ The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1893
Turner writes his famous paper on the American frontier and its closure. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A landmark Supreme Court decision holds that racial segregation is constitutional, paving the way for the repressive Jim Crow laws in the South. -
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William McKinley
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USS Maine Explodes
USS Maine is blown up in Havana harbor. Prompting the Spanish American War -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was signed by Spain and the United States. It ended the Spanish–American War helping the United States became a world power. -
Open door Policy
The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century that would allow for a system of trade in China open to all countries equally