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Invention of the telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act was when the government gave away land. -
End of the civil War
The civil war had many different names for it. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinental railroad was a popular railroad to transport people and goods. -
Telephone is invented
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Boss Tweed jailed
Boss Tweed escaped the jail in New York City. -
Battle at little big horn
The battle was known as Custer's last stand. -
End of reconstruction
The president promised to withdraw the soldiers from thte south. -
Pendleton Act is passed
This act was about the civil service reform. -
Time Zones are created
The region of the earth that has uniform standard time. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act, with its emphasis on individual land ownership, also had a negative impact on the unity, self-government, and culture of indian tribes. -
Sherman Anti- Trust act
requires the United States Federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies and organizations suspected of violating the Act. -
Ellis Island opens
The island held a lot of immigrants -
Model T invented
The first affordable automobile -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Allowed the U.S. to suspend immigration, and Congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration, a ban that was intended to last 10 years. -
Battle af Wounded Knee
365 troops of the US 7th Cavalry, supported by four Hotchkiss guns, surrounded an encampment of Miniconjou (Lakota) and Hunkpapa Sioux (Lakota) near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.