| 1869 | - Completion of first transcontinental railroad.
- National Woman Suffrage Association founded.
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| 1870 | - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil Company.
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| 1872 | - Andrew Carnegie builds world’s largest steel plant.
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| 1873 | - Wall Street panic leads to major economic depression.
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| 1874 | - Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) founded.
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| 1876 | - Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates telephone.
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| 1877 | - Rutherford B. Hayes sworn in as president.
- Munn v. Illinois.
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| 1880 | - James A. Garfield elected president.
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| 1881 | - Garfield assassinated; Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes president.
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| 1882 | - John D. Rockefeller develops the trust.
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| 1883 | - Pendleton Civil Service Act.
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| 1884 | - Grover Cleveland elected president.
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| 1888 | - Benjamin Harrison elected president.
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| 1890 | - McKinley tariff.
- General Federation of Women’s Clubs
- Sherman Antitrust Act.
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| 1892 | - Ida B. Wells launches antilynching campaign.
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| 1893 | - Wall Street panic touches off national depression.
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| 1895 | - J. P. Morgan bails out U.S. Treasury.
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| 1901 | - U.S. Steel incorporated and capitalized at $1.4 billion.
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