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
- Authorities raised the price of the land that the current occupants worked on
- 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
- 3 republican presidents
- 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
- Republican president
- 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
- Republican president
- 1884
- Cincinnati riots over a manslaughter charge instead of murder
- Eight-hour workday implemented
- 1885
- Democrat president
- Grover Cleveland
- Depression of 1882-1885 ends
- Democrat president
- 1886
- Seattle riot
- Based on anti-Chinese sentiment
- Carrollton massacre
- 23 African-Americans killed
- Seattle riot
- 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
- Interstate Commerce Act passed
- 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
- Gilded age
- 1880
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