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Invention of Telegraph
Samule Moorse -
Homestead Act
Gave 160 free acres of land to a settler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years. -
End of Civil War
On April 9 Lee surrendered to Grant in a small Virginia village. -
Transcontinental Railroad
This railroad stretched from Sacramento, CA to Omaha, NB. -
Boss Tweed jailed
Boss Tweed made an estimated $200,000,000 from his activities. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
At this battle Custer and all of his troops were wiped out. -
Telephone was Invented
Alexander Graham Bell -
End of Reconstruction
This ended when the U.S. removed their troops from the south. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States for 10 years. -
Time Zones are Created
These were created after the Tanscontinental Railroad was finished. -
Dawes Act
This proposed to break up reservations and to end idntification with a tribal group. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This act made monopolies and trusts illegal. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
This was the last battle between the U.S. and indians. -
Ellis Island opens
Immigrants went to Ellis Island to get into the United States. -
Model T invented
Henry Ford