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1st congressional session
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Civil Rights Act of 1871
The Civil Rights Act of 1871, enacted April 20, 1871, is a federal law in force in the United States. The Act was originally enacted a few years after the American Civil War, along with the 1870 Force Act. One of the chief reasons for its passage was to protect southern blacks from the Ku Klux Klan by providing a civil remedy for abuses then being committed in the South. -
Wickenburg massacre
Six men travelling by stagecoach are reportedly murdered by the Yavapai Indians in Arizona Territory. -
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2nd congressional session
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park founded
Established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant , is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world, and is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular features in the park. It has many types of ecosystems, but the sub alpine forest is domin -
General Mining Act of 1872
The General Mining Act of 1872 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public lands. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
A United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the secessionists who rebelled in the United States Civil War, except for very high positions. The Amnesty Act was outweighed and nullified by the increasing African American vote. -
Practice Conformity Act
Conformity Act is a 1872 federal statute which provides that the practice and procedure in federal district courts (other than in equity and admiralty matters) must conform to the practice and procedure used by the state courts for like cases. -
Women's suffrage
In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on November 18 she was served an arrest warrant and in the subsequent trial she was fined $100 - she never paid the fine). -
Indian War
The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. -
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3rd congressional session
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Coinage Act of 1873
The Fourth Coinage Act was enacted by the United States Congress in 1873 and embraced the gold standard and demonetized silver. Western mining interests and others who wanted silver in circulation years later labeled this measure the "Crime of '73". Gold became the only metallic standard in the United States, hence putting the United States de facto on the gold standard. -
Timber Culture Act
The act allowed homesteaders to get another 160 acres of land if they planted trees on one-fourth of the land, because the land was "almost one entire plain of grass, which is and ever must be useless to cultivating man." -
Comstock Act
Amended the Post Office Act and made it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, and/or lascivious" materials through the mail, including contraceptive devices and information. In addition to banning contraceptives, this act also banned the distribution of information on abortion for educational purposes. -
Ulysses S. Grant
President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant begins his second term. -
Indian Wars
The Modoc War ends with the capture of Captain Jack.
