1890
Literacy Rate in the U. S. estimated at 13.5%
General Federation of Women's Clubs founded
Roughly 600,000+ children ages 10-14 working in the U.S.
Sitting Bull is captured and killed
Idaho and Wyoming become states
Census Bureau announces "the end of the Western Frontier"
Wounded Knee
1891
International copyright act signed.
1893
Chicago World Exposition
Aspirin invented
1894
Pullman strike
First U.S. Skyscraper
1895
Atlanta Cotton States Exposition
1896
Plessy vs. Ferguson
1897
California gold rush
1898
1898-99 Spanish American War
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