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invention of the telegraph
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Transcontinental Railroad
This would expand the continent and connect the atlantic and pacific coasts. -
homestead act
This act gave 160 free acres of land to a settler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years. -
End of civil war
The north won the battle between the south. -
Battle of little bighorn
It was caused over the black hills of the dakotas, the government promised that "no white person(s) shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy" or even to pass through the hills. These hills were said to have contained gold. -
Boss Tweed Jailed
He headed new york city's democratic political machine. He controlled the police, courts, & some newspapers. They controlled millions of dollars in illegal payments from companies doing buisness with the city. He was convicted and sentenced to prison. -
Telephone is invented
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End of Reconstruction
President Grant considered running for a third term, most republican leaders preferred a new candidate- one who could win back. The liberal Republicans and unite the party. -
chinese exclusion act
This act prohibited chinese workers from entering the united states for ten years. -
Pendleton act is passed
This established civil service commisions to set up competitive examinations for federal taxes. -
time zones
All communities in each time zone would share he same time, & each time zone was exactly one hour apart from the zones on either side of it. -
dawes act
This law was passed to eliminate what americans regarded as the two weaknesses of the native american life, due to the lack of private property and the nomadic tradition. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act is passed
This act looked to "protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint & monopoly." -
Battle of wounded knee
Hundreds of Lakota sioux gathered at a creek called wounded knee in southwestern, south dakota. They met here to collect the sioux's weapons. No one knew when the fight started, but more then 200 sioux and 25 soilders were killed. This marked the end of armed conflict between whites and native americans. -
Ellis Island opened
East immigrants were processed at castle garden on this island in new york harbor. -
Model T. invented