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Invention of the telegraph
Invented by Samuel Morse. -
Homestead Act
People could claim there land if they had lived on it and farmed it for over 5 years. -
End of the Civil War
The confederate army surrenderd.617,000 Americans died in this war and thousands of others had been injured. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad gave America a nation wide transportation network. -
Telephone
Unvented by Alexander Graham Bell. -
Battle of Little Bighorne
The Sioux and Cheyenne Indians left their reservations after being told not to and faught for their land. -
End of Reconstruction
This returned control of the government in the South to the white southerners. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Would not allow chinese people to enter the United State and denied them naturalization. -
Pendleton Act is passed
Government employees were selected through competitive exams. -
Time Zones are created
Before this invention it took so long to get from one place to another that "local sun time: was used. -
Dawes Act
Extended protection of the laws over the United States and the terrotories of the indians. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The first measure passed to prohibit trusts by the U.S Congress. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Known as the event that ended the last of the indian wars in America. -
Ellis Island
It was the nations premier federal immigration station. -
Model T
Invented by Henry Ford.