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January 31, 1876, was the United States government's original date for all Native Americans to move to western reservations. This issue lead to the Great Sioux War of 1876. -
This battle occurred when Lt. Colonel George Custer, along with his calvary, warred against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians on the hills above the Little Big Horn River. The Colonel and all of his men, all 264 died in the battle.
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Democrat Tilden beat Republican Hayes in the popular vote but Hayes won the Electoral vote by one point. -
The Comprise of 1877 determined that Rutherford B. Hayes was president of the United States with William A. Wheeler becoming his vice president. The two were inaugurated the next day in the White House. -
The reason for this war was because the Nez Peace tribe refused to stay put in a reservation system. The first battle of the war happened in Idaho Territory when the Nez Perce Indians fight against two U.S. armies on June 17, 1877.
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This Irish terrorist group and society, called The Molly Maguires, are finally dispersed near Scranton, Pennsylvania. Eleven terrorist leaders were punished with hangings for killing police officers and mine workers from the Scranton minefields. -
The very first telephone exchange began its operations in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878. -
In the same year as the commercial telephone exchange, The Edison Electric Company also began to operate in Boston, Massachusetts by Thomas Edison. -
George encourages single taxes on land in his book in 1879. -
President Hayes signed a bill that allowed women to argue in court and Congress as attorneys. -
Madison Square Garden in New York City was named by William Henry Vanderbilt and opens to the public in 1879. It used to be named The Gilmore's Garden. -
Under French auspices, the Panama Canal began its construction in 1880. This would fail in 1893 on the sea level canal. -
Being a part of the Colonial National Historical Park located in Virginia. -
Republican James A. Garfield won the election as president over his Democrat candidate Winfield S. Hancock. Garfield barely won the popular vote but crushed Hancock in the Electoral College votes. -
The notorious Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison formed the Oriental Telephone Company in 1881. -
Clara Barton, the Angel of the Battlefield and founder of the American Red Cross, became the president of the organization in 1881. Barton would hold this position until 1904. -
President James Garfield, being the 20th president, was shot by lawyer Charles J. Guiteau in 1881 and died two months later of infection. His vice president, Chester Arthur, succeed him and became America's 21st president. -
Under Booker T. Washington's instruction, black students were allowed to train to become teachers at the institute in 1881. -
John D. Rockefeller placed his oil holdings inside his Standard Oil company's trust that began in 1882. -
The marriage of multiple spouses was outlawed by Congress because of legislation in 1882. -
In Boston, Massachusetts, the very first Vaudeville theatre and entertainment center opened to the public in 1883. -
The bridge was constructed and designed under Johann A. Roebling, a German-American. It took fourteen years to build and was finally able to open in May of 1883. -
In the U.S. and Canada, railroad companies agreed to establish five standard time zones to end the crazy confusion with the thousands of time zones they used for trains. -
In 1884, The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions proclaimed that workers would work eight-hour work days in the United States. -
Democratic Glover Cleveland gained 277 Electoral College Votes beating James G. Blaine, his Republican candidate in the 1884 presidential election. -
The very top, the capstone, of the Washington Monument is positioned on top of it. After thirty-seven years of construction, this completed the five hundred and fifty-five feet tall building in 1884. -
The American Telephone and Telegraph was founded in New York City and incorporated with the American Bell Telephone Company. -
In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in the New York Harbor for the first time, coming in many ships from France. -
The Haymarket Riot started in Chicago, Illinois, three days after a strike called for an eight-hour workday. Some bombings also occurred at the time of the riot in the city in 1886. -
A pharmacist from Georgia, John Pemberton created the formula of the carbonated beverage, Coca-Cola, in his backyard in 1886. -
The United States Senate approves of the Pearl Habor naval bases's lease in 1887. -
The Interstate Commerce Act was created and passed to control and regulate big railroad industry monoploies in 1887. -
Thomas A. Edison and the staff of his laboratory in New Jersey completed the first successful prototype of the phonograph in 1888. -
Benjamin Harrison wins the Electoral College vote, 233 to 168, beating former president Glover Cleavland in 1888. -
The South Fork Dam broke from heavy rains causing 2,200 people to die in 1889. This is by far the deadliest flood in American history. -
The infamous Wall Street Journal published its first issue in 1889. -
This act placed the United States currency in the gold standard. -
With 76,212,168 people living in all fifty states of America, the first census of the 20th century was issued in 1900.