1880's America

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  • 1880s America
    • 1880
      • Electric railway first tested
      • Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction was established
        • Generated support for the introduction of prohibition in the 1920s
      • Republican president
        • Rutherford Hayes
      • Scientific academic journal was first published
        • Science
      • Mussel Slough Tragedy
        • Authorities raised the price of the land that the current occupants worked on
          • The residents protested and 7 people were shot
    • 1881
      • 3 republican presidents
        • Hayes, Garfield and Arthur
      • Kansas prohibits alcohol
      • American Red Cross established
      • International Cotton Exposition
        • Demonstrated the rebirth of the South, and the end of the Reconstruction Era
    • 1882
      • Republican president
        • Chester Arthur
      • Chinese Exclusion Act passed
        • Prohibited immigration of Chinese labourers for 10 years
      • 1882 Immigration Act is passed
        • Imposed a head-tax on non-citizens
        • Restricted certain people from immigrating to America, eg, criminals.
      • Depression of 1882-1885 started
    • 1883
      • Republican president
        • Chester Arthur
      • Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act passed
        • Ended the spoils system (cronyism and nepotism)
      • Competition Law forces businesses to compete
      • First vaudeville (comedy without moral intentions) theatre opens
      • First woman appointed to the US federal civil service
      • Race riots in Virginia
    • 1884
      • Cincinnati riots over a manslaughter charge instead of murder
      • Eight-hour workday implemented
    • 1885
      • Democrat president
        • Grover Cleveland
      • Depression of 1882-1885 ends
    • 1886
      • Seattle riot
        • Based on anti-Chinese sentiment
      • Carrollton massacre
        • 23 African-Americans killed
    • 1887
      • Interstate Commerce Act passed
        • Regulated the railroad industry
      • Dawes Act passed
        • Forced Native Americans to assume a Capitalist relationship with property
      • First female mayor is elected
      • National Institute of Health is founded
    • 1888
      • Formation of the International Court of Women began
      • International Association of Machinists is founded
        • Trade union
      • Cleveland announces that Chinese people are "dangerous to our peace and welfare."
      • In Washington, married women were granted financial control
    • 1889
      • Four states were created
      • Republican president
        • Benjamin Harrison
      • Land Rush of 1889
        • Land previously owned by tribes was sold to an influx of people
    • General
      • Gilded age
        • Rapid economic growth
        • High election turnouts
          • Political issues raised such as working hours and women's suffrage

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