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Pictorial Encyclopedia of American History - Vol. 9
Pictorial Encyclopedia of American History Vol 9 Author:Powell, McCarthy, Slaton, Miers, Wolfert Copyright 1962 — Shaping of A World Power - Volume 9 - Years 1881 to 1900 — Talks about President Garfield taking office as 20th President of US, Garfield was Assassinated, Chester A. Arthur became the 21st President, John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Trust, Civil Service Reform, An Era of Bridge Building, Grover Cleveland was elected 22nd ... more »President of the US, Death of Ulysses S. Grant, Bloody Rioting in Chicago, A New "Steel Navy", Statue of Liberty, A Permanent National Union, The End of the Warpath, Benjamin Harrison became the 23rd President, New States Sprouted, The Johnstown Flood, Poverty and Suffering, A Farmer's Political Revolt, Standard Oil's Monopoly, America Closed Its Doors to Chinese Laborers, Steel Workers went on Strike, Annexation of Hawaii, The World's Columbian Exosition, The Gold Supply Was Drained, The Pullman Strike of 1894, Labor Day became a legal holiday, Gold in the Klondike!, William McKinley was Elected as the 25th President, Revolution in Cuba, Remember the Maine!, War with Spain, The Battle of San Juan Hill, Manila was Captured, Spain Ceded the Philippines, The Filipino Rebellion, A Gold Standard was Adopted, America Had Colonial problems of her own, The Boxers of China, Dreaded Yellow Fever, United States Becomes A World Power
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