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Time Zones Created
First time zone in the U.S. put into place. -
Homestead Act
This act granted 160 acres of land to farmers. -
End Of The Civil War
General Lee surrenders to the Union Army -
Transcontinental Railroad finished
Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet at Promatory Point, Utah -
Battle of Little Big Horn
263 soldiers along with George Custer were kiiled by several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne Indians. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese immigrants were banned from the U.S. for 20 years. -
Pendleton Act
This act estabelished a merit based system of selecting governmewnt officialsand supervising their work. -
Dawes Act
This act regarded the distrubution of land to the native aericans in Oklahoma. Named after it's author, Sen. Henry L. Dawes. -
End of Reconstruction
Presedent Hayes removes troops from the south. -
Sherman Anti-trust Act
The Sherman Anti-trust Act was the first federal act that outlawed monopolies in the U.S. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Souix cheif Big Foot and his followers camped along the Wounded Knee creek surronded by American Troops. -
Ellis Island opened
Ellis Island starts as the main immigration station on the East Coast. -
Model T invented
Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile
