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1. Incumbent Republican Rutherford B. Hayes did not seek re-election to the presidency in 1880. The Democrats selected Civil War General Winfield Hancock who lost to what Republican candidate, a Congressman from Ohio that had also served in the Civil War?
2. The second presidential assassination in 17 years occurred in July 1881 when a disappointed office seeker shot James Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D. C. What was the name of the man who assassinated Garfield (who had only been president for six months)?
3. In October 1881, the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurs in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Wyatt and Virgil Earp along with Doc Holliday fought "The Cowboys" led by Ike and Billy Clanton. What was the source of the conflict between the Earps and the Cowboys?
4. Notorious outlaw Jesse James was shot in the head and killed in April 1882 while his back was turned to clean a dusty picture frame. Who murdered Jesse James?
5. In the presidential election of 1884, Republican Speaker of the House James Blaine got the nomination over incumbent president Chester Arthur. In the general election, Blaine was defeated by the Democratic Governor of New York, Grover Cleveland. What was the name for the group of Republicans who voted for Democrat Cleveland rather than Republican Blaine in the election of 1884?
6. In May 1886 a riot broke out when a bomb killed seven policemen who were trying to disperse the crowd at a labor rally in support of striking workers, and the police responded by shooting at the crowd. Where did this riot (that galvanized the labor movement) take place?
7. John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in 1886 that he sold as a patent medicine which he claimed could cure morphine addiction, indigestion, and impotence. In what city, still the headquarters for Coca-Cola, did he first sell his new drink?
8. Incumbent President Grover Cleveland was unanimously nominated by the Democrats for the 1888 presidential election. He was defeated in the general election by Republican Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. Senator from Indiana. What is special about Benjamin Harrison?
9. Oklahoma had originally been designated as Indian Territory, but legislation passed Congress to allow settlers to claim land in Oklahoma. The result was the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 where at noon on April 22, settlers were allowed to rush into the Territory to claim lots of 160 acres. What were the names of the legal and illegal participants in the Oklahoma Land Rush?
10. One of the great disasters in U.S. history occurred on May 31, 1889. What was the name of this catastrophe that led to the deaths of more than 2000 people in a matter of minutes?
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