United States History: 1877 to the Present

Gilded Age Politics: 1877–1892. Events. 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes is elected president. 1877 Railroad workers strike across United States. 1880 James A. Garfield is elected president. 1881 Garfield is assassinated; Chester A. Arthur becomes president. 1883 Congress passes Pendleton Act. 1884 Grover Cleveland is elected president ................
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