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telegraph
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transcontinental railroad
A railroad that would span the continent and connect the Atlantic and Pacific. -
homestead act
the homestead act gave 160 acres of loand to a settler who paid a filling fee and lived on the land for five years. -
boss tweed jailed
Boss Tweed was put into jail for fraud.With a bail of 8 million dollars. -
battle of little bighorn.
The battle started because of the rumors that there was gold in the black hills. -
telephone
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chinese exclusion act
chinese workers from entering the United States for 10 years. -
pendleton act is passed
This act placed federal government employees on the merit system. -
times zones
time zones where mainly created so transportation times would be more accurate and made traveling much easier. -
dawes act
This law aimed to eliminate the lack of private property and the nomadic tradition. -
Sherman Anti-trust act
A federal law that prohibited trusts and monopolies. -
battle of wounded knee
350 troops surrounded the sioux tribe to collect all of their weapons,146 men,women,and children of the sioux tribe were killed. -
ellis island opens
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model T
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end of the civil war
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end of reconstruction