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Mining Towns
These were called Boom towns. They were undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity. -
The election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln participated in the election of 1860 and won against Steven Douglas. He then became the president of the United States during that time. -
The Battle Of Bull Run
This was considered the first actual battle of the civil war. This battle was also know as the battle of Manassas. -
The Battle of Wilson's Creek
This battle was the first major battle of the Trans-Mississipi Theater of the American Civil War. It was a confederate victory, therefore, won by the south -
Abraham Lincoln unveils the "Ten percent Plan"
The ten percent plan was the first official Reconstruction policy. specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an Oath Of Allegiance to the Union. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln at the theater one night in 1865. Congress establishes Freedmen's Bureau and the thirteenth Amendment is ratified. -
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Freedmen's Bureau Act
The freedmen's Bureau offered medical aid and education to freed slaves and war refugees. It helped freed people establish schools, purchase land, locate family members, and legalize marriages. It also supplied food and clothing, it operated hospitals and temporary camps. -
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The Gilded Age
It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Western United States. It was the period when America and much of Europe shifted from an agricultural society to an industrial one. -
Forty Acres and a mule
Forty acres and a mule was proclaimed by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman during the American civil war. It was there to assign land to some freed families in plots no larger than 40 acres. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
It was the deadliest mass shooting in American history, involving nearly three hundred Lakota people shot and killed by soldiers of the United States Army. It’s estimated that 150 Indians were killed nearly half of them were women and children. -
Civil Act of 1866
It was enacted on April 9th 1866 by the United States congress. It proceed the rights of newly freed slaves. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
This reconstruction Act abolished all the governments set up under the Confederacy. It also divided Confederate states into 5 military zones; set up readmission (constitution with slave rights listed and ratify the 14th Amendment). -
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Congress moves to impeach Andrew Johnson for violating the Tenure Office Act. And the Fourteenth Amendment was then ratified. -
The knights of labor
They sought general ideology reform. And it was open to workers of all trades. -
Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote. It was ratified in 1870. -
Great Chicago Fire
It was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago. The fire killed around 300 people, destroyed about 3.3 square miles of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. -
The coinage Act
It created the United States dollar as the country's standard unit of money, established the United States Mint, and regulated the coinage of the United States. This act established the silver dollar as the unit of money in the United States. -
House of representatives
Southern democrats were the majority in the House of representatives. Georgia was the last to join the union in 1870. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
It granted African Americans equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations and service on juries. The U.S Supreme Court declared the act unconstitutional in the Civil right cases. -
Compromise of 1877
The compromise of 1877 puts an end to reconstruction. It gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the end of Reconstruction in the South. -
Election of 1880
Republican James A. Garfield defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock. James A. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States. -
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The Hardships of Factory Work
Factory owners are looking to keep down production costs. Factory workers had to face long hours, poor working conditions, and job instability. During economic recessions many workers lost their jobs or faced sharp pay cuts. -
Pendleton Civil Service Act
It was a federal law passed by the 47th United States Congress and signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur. The act mandates that most governmental positions should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage. -
American Federation of Labor
Focused on specific workers issues. It was an organization of skilled workers from local craft unions -
Haymarket Riot
Labor leaders were arrested and put on trial after explosing during a demonstration in Haymarket Square. The labor movement became associated with violence and anarchism in the public mind. -
Homestead Strike
Workers went on a strike after after Carnegie and Frick had decided to break the union and locked out workers from Homestead Steelworks when they failed to negotiate a contract. The state militia was called out to protect the plants; Workers then gave in, ending unionization in steel mills. -
American Railway Union
It was the first industrial union. It was open to all railway workers. -
Pullman Strike
Pullman workers went on strike when Pullman lowered wages but not prices in his own company town. President Cleveland sent in federal troops to end the strike. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in equality. We know this case as it came to be know as “separate but equal”. -
The Spanish American War
The U.S quickly defeated Spain with the aid of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Rough riders” in Cuba; Commodore Dewy quickly defeated the Spanish Navy in the Philippines. After the war, the U.S annexed the former Spanish Colonies and based on the Teller Amendment, Cuba remained independent but came under indirect US control.