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| Massacre at Wounded Knee (Dec 29, 1981) | Brought on by the Ghost Dance movement; last stand of the Indians. |
| Homestead Strike of 1892 | Union workers at a Carnegie Steel plant go on stike, when new workers/mercenaries come in there is bloodshed |
| Columbian Exposition (1893) | Massive fair is Chicago showcasing the latest and greatest in trends and technology |
| Pullman Boycott of 1894 | Union members refuse to unload trains carrying a certain type of sleeping car, to protest labor conditions of the cars' manufacturer |
| March on Washington (Spring of 1894) | Jacob Coxey campaigns to improve roads by leading a band of supporters to the US capital |
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | Establishes the doctrine of "separate but equal" |
| U.S.S. Maine | Sinks in Havana Harbor, sparking Spanish-American War |
| Spanish-American War | Due to resentment of imperialist powers / desire to expand, US helps Cuba gain independence |
| Hawaii | Annexed July 1898 when official realize the islands importance as a half-way point to Philippines |
| Treaty of Paris (1899) | US pays $20 million to get the Philippines from Spain |
| Armistice Agreement of Spanish-American War | Spain liberates Cuba and cedes Puerto Rico and Guam to the US |
| Kinetograph/Kinetoscope | Invented by Thomas Edison: early examples of motion-picture technology |
| Panic of 1893 | The sweeping depression which lasted for much of the 1890's |
| Frontier Thesis of American History | Published in 1893 by Fredrick Jackson Turner to explain the effect of the west upon America's growth |
| Cross of Gold Speech (1896) | William Jennings Bryan's famous campaign speech against the gold-standard |
