1875 - 1896 (20 years)
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| 1 | 1876 | - 25 Jun 1876: Battle of the Little Bighorn,Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defeated U.S. Army forces led by General George Custer in Montana.
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| 2 | 1877 | - 2 Mar 1877: Compromise of 1877,A political deal that ended the disputed 1876 presidential election and resulted in the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.
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| 3 | 1881 | - 1 Jan 1881: American Federation of Labor founded,The AFL was founded by Samuel Gompers as a national federation of labor unions.
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| 4 | 1882 | - 4 Sep 1882: Edison's Pearl Street Station,Thomas Edison's electric power plant began operation in New York City, providing power for the first time.
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| 5 | 1886 | - 1 May 1886: Haymarket Affair,A labor protest rally in Chicago turned into a riot after a bomb was thrown, killing police officers and civilians.
- 28 Oct 1886: Statue of Liberty dedicated,The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor.
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| 6 | 1890 | - 1 Dec 1890: Wounded Knee Massacre,U.S. soldiers killed over 150 Lakota people in what is considered the final major conflict of the Indian Wars.
- 29 Dec 1890: Sherman Antitrust Act,Congress passed the first federal law prohibiting trusts and monopolies to promote competition.
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| 7 | 1893 | - 1 Jan 1893: Panic of 1893,A severe economic depression began, marked by bank failures and high unemployment.
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| 8 | 1896 | - 1 Jan 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson decision,The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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