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invention of the telegraph
Samual Morse -
homestead act
Offered 160 acres of land to settlers. -
End of civil war
Lee surrendered to Grant in Virginia on April 9th. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Went mainly to immigrants and African Americans. -
Boss Tweed jailed
Leader of NYC democratic political machine that stole millions of money. -
battle of little bighorn
US ordered to round up indians in area after gold was discovered, but indians mobilized and defeated the US. -
telephone is invented
Alexander Gram Bell -
end of reconstruction
President Hayes removed troops from the south. -
chinese exclusion act
Law to limit immigration, prohibited chinese from entering US for ten years. -
Pendleton Act is passed
Established civil service comission to set up competitive examinations for federal jobs. -
Time zones
Created after completion of railroad to help regulate time in the US. -
Dawes act
US goverenment abolishes indian tribes and makes offical plans to send them to school. -
sherman Anti-trust Act is passed
Made monopolies illegal. -
battle of wounded knee
Last battle between US and indians. -
Ellis island opens
A station that immigrants were tested in New York. -
Model T invented
Henry Ford