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113 Cards in this Set
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territory of Alaska ceded
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17-JOhnson
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14th ammendment ratified
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17-Johnson
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tomb erected for 2111 unknown soldiers
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17-Johnson
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Nebraska admitted
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17-Johnson
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Tennessee Govornor (1853-1857)
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17-Johnson
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tailor
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17-JOhnson
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only southern senator during civil war who refused to secede with his state
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17-JOhnson
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first to be impeached
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17-Johnson
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first to become senator after presidency
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17-Johnson
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VP-Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
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18-Grant
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Married Julia Dent
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18-Grant
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US military Academy at West POint
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18-Grant
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Transcontinental railroad service begun
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18-Grant
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15th ammendment ratified
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18-Grant
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Civil Service Act Passed
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18-Grant
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Alexander Bell invented telephone
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18-Grant
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General Custer's defeat at Little Big HOrn River
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18-Grant
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Yellowstone National Park established
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18-Grant
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INcome Tax phased out
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18-Grant
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Colorado admitted
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18-Grant
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born HIram
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18-Grant
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"Unconditional Surrender"
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18-Grant
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arrested during his term of office for exceeding the speed limit on his horse, fined $20
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18-Grant
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menu at inaugural ball-25 stuffed boars heads and 3000 beef tounge sandwiches
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18-Grant
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first to have woman run against him and black man for VP
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18-Grant
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president's wife was midly cross eyed
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18-Grant
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political corrup tion at all levels of office, honest man but poor judge of others
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18-Grant
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portrait on $50 bill
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18-Grant
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dying of throat cancer
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18-Grant
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Kenyon COllege in Ohio
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19-Hayes
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VP-William Wheeler
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19-Hayes
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women first allowed to practice law before US Supreme COurt
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19-Hayes
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Lucy Webb
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19-Hayes
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labor unions grew
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19-Hayes
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Thomas Edison patented phonograph
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19-Hayes
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first practical electric incandescent lamp invented
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19-Hayes
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31 Sioux chiefs in Washington for conference
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19-Hayes
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troops withdrawn from South
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19-Hayes
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NYC became 1 city with pop. over 1 million
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19-Hayes
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Ohio Govorner
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19-Hayes
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volunteered counsel for Underground Railroad
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19-Hayes
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Congress created special Electorial COmmision
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19-Hayes
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first president sworn into office in private ceremony
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19-Hayes
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wife served lemonade
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19-Hayes
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invention of telephone
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19-Hayes
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Sunday night hymn singing
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19-Hayes
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declined to run for 2 term
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19-Hayes
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VP-Chester Arthur
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20-Garfield
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Lucretia Rudolph
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20-Garfield
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preacher,teacher
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20-Garfield
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Williams College in Mass.
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20-Arthur
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American Red Cross Organized
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20-Garfield
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last president born in log cabin
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20-Garfield
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driver on canal when teenager
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20-Garfield
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PResident of Hiram COllege
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20-Garfield
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could write w/ both hands at same time writing in a different language in each hand
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20-Garfield
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served 6 months
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20-Garfield
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2 assasinated
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20-Garfield
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Ellen Herndon
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21-Arthur
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Union COllege
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21-Arthur
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Navy modernized
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21-Arthur
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standard time adopted
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21-Arthur
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first skyscraper
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21-Arthur
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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21-Arthur
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"Pork Barrel" legislation veteod
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21-Arthur
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"Gentleman Boss"
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21-Arthur
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dying of Kidney disease
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21-Arthur
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defender of civil rights for blacks
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21-Arthur
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unsuccessfully vetoed bill prohibiting Chinese immigration
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21-Arthur
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VP-Thomas HEndricks
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22-Cleveland
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Frances Folsom
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22-Cleveland
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lawyer, sheriff, govornor of New York
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22-Cleveland
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Statue of Liberty dedicated
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22-Cleveland
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American Federation of Labor organized
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22-Cleveland
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illegal railroad lands returned
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22-Cleveland
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dodged draft by hiring someont to enter service in his place
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22-Cleveland
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married in White HOuse
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22-Cleveland
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fathered illigitament child
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22-Cleveland
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favored low tariffs
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22-Cleveland
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portrait on $1,000 bill
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22.Cleveland
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VP-Levi Morton
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23-Harrison
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Caroline Scott
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23-Harrison
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Miami University in Oxford OHio
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23-Harrison
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Pan American Congress established
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23-Harrison
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Oklahoma opened to settlers
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23-Harrison
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Navy enlarged
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23-Harrison
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JOhnstown Flood
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23-Harrison
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Jeronima on warpath
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23-Harrison
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Sherman antitrust act passed
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23-Harrison
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Parades in NYC and CHicago celebrating Columbuses voyage
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23-Harrison
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NOrth Dakota admitted
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23-Harrison
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South Dakota admitted
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23-Harrison
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MOntana admitted
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23-Harrison
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Washington admitted
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23-Harrison
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Idaho admitted
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23-Harrison
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Wyoming admitted
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23-Harrison
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"Little Ben"
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23-Harrison
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received majority of electoral votes but not popular vote
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23-Harrison
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wife died during reelction campaign
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23-Harrison
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third president to remarry
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23-Harrison
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daughter (2 wife) younger than grandchildren
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23-Harrison
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electric lights installed at white house
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23-Harrison
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1 to sign papers by electric light
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23-Harrison
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favored high tariffs
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23-Harrison
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VP-Adlai Stevenson
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24-Cleveland
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federal troops sent to break up train strike (Pullman Strike)
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24-Cleveland
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Hawaii made a republic
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24-Cleveland
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Jeronimo captured
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24-Cleveland
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Carnegie Hall opened in NY
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24-Cleveland
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Financial hit American economy
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24-Cleveland
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Utah admitted
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24-Cleveland
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1 president to have child born in White HOuse
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24-Cleveland
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aftificial jaw of vulcanized rubber after cancer surgery
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24-Cleveland
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