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1st Semester Timeline Review

  • Invention of the Telegraph

    Samuel Morse invented the telegraph in 1844. Page 562
  • Homestead Act

    The Homestead Act offered settlers 160 arces of land who paid a filing fee and lived on that land for at least five years. Page 537
  • End of the Civil War

    General Lee and his troops surrendered to Grant in a small Virginia village. (Appomattox Court House)
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    The railroad started in Omaha, NB and ended in Sacremento, CA. The railroad was built from each end in, and was connected at Promontory Point, Utah.
  • Boss Tweed Jailed

    William Boss Tweed was a head of the political party. He was in charge of the Tweed Ring.
  • Invention of the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Pages 562, 630
  • End of Reconstruction

    Grant was to run for his third term as president. Hayes became president
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Colonel George Custer led an expedition into Black Hills after the US was already warned by the Native Americans to stay away.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act prohibited Chinese workers from entering the US for ten years. This act was renewed in 1892 and then again for the third time in 1902. Page 587
  • Time Zones

    After the railroad was completed, the companies divided the country into four time zones, each exactly one hour apart. This was official in 1918.
  • Pendleton Act

    This act established the Civil Service Commission, which set up competitive examinations for federal jobs.
  • Dawes Act

    This act broke up indian reservations and ended tribes.
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    "to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint and monopolies" This act made some monopolies illegal.
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    A shot rang out, which started the battle, causing 200 indians to die.
  • Ellis Island

    Located in NY Harbor, was an entrance for immigrants entering the US.
  • Model T invented

    Model T was introduced by Henry Ford.