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End of Civil War
Against the north and the south and got rid of slavery. -
Homestead Act
In this year, Congress passed The Homestead Act, and this gave 160 free acres of land for 5 years. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
This treaty was supposed to bring peace, but gruges reamined and began fighting a few years later. -
Transcontinental Railroad
A railroad that connected to different ocean. Completed in 1869. -
Boss Tweed jailed
Tweed was arrested and given a 12-year sentence. His bail was 8 million dollars. -
Time zones are created
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Telephone intented
year was 1876 -
End of Reconstruction
Ended in 1877. Reconstruction was followed by the Civil War. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act is passed
Passed in 1890. "to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint and monopoly." -
Pendleton Act is passed
Passed on this day by Congress. -
Invention of the Telegraph
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Dawes Act
Congress changed the governmant policy with this act. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Banishment of the Ghost Dance, which brought soldiers to fight the tribe who refaulted. -
Ellis Island opens
Over 12 million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island. Immigrants were mostly from northern and western European countries. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
They passed the first law to limit immagration in 1882. -
Model T
the year is 1906