1st semester review

By hfxromanofs

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Stopped Chinese immigrants from moving to U.S.

  • Invention of Telegraph

  • Homestead Act

    Land granted to people who could live on it for 5 years and farm on it.

  • End of Civil War

    General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad, which crosses the entire continental United States, is completed.

  • Boss Tweed Jailed

    Boss Tweed, a corrupt politician, is revealed by Thomas Nast and jailed.

  • Telephone Invented

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Last major Native American victory.

  • End of Reconstruction

    What it sounds like.

  • Time Zones Established

    Time zones are established to keep accurate train schedules.

  • Pendleton Act Passed

    read the title

  • Dawes Act

    Gave land to Native Americans.

  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act Passed

    Prevented monopolies.

  • Model T Invented

    OMG ITS MR. T!!!

  • Ellis Island Opens

    Ellis island, a major immigrant processing center, opens.