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14th amendment is born
If your born in the United States, the 14th Amendment guarantees due process and equal protection of the laws. -
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TCRR is completed
The last spike was hammered at Promontory Point to complete the transcontinental railroad. With 20,000 workers, there was 1,775 miles of tracks. -
Peoples of America
US population: 39,818,449. -
Voting rights
If your black or white, boy or girl, the 15th Amendment guarantees the right to vote. -
"Respect"
Indians were to be treated with respect and viewed as independent nations. -
"No Mail"
Because of the Comstock Act, obscene literature was prohibited from being mailed. -
"Barbed wire"
Barbed wire was invented and it was the first most effective way to fence in cattle on the Great Plains. -
"Abducted"
The country had its first kidnapping for ransom when Charley Brewster Ross, a 4-year-old boy, was abducted. Unfortunately the child was never found. -
Killings at Little Horn River
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse fought with other Sioux Indians and killed George A. Custer and 265 other officers at the Little Horn River. -
Yummy Beverage
Root beer is introduced by Charles Elmer Hires. -
Captured
Chief Joseph and Nez Perce Indians are captured by federal troops. They were forced to live in Oklahoma. -
Go Women
A womans suffrage amendment 34-16 was defeated by the Senate -
Idea for invention!
The lightbulb is invented by Thomas Edison. -
Peoples of America
US population: 50,155,783 -
Were back!
The return of Sitting Bull and other Sioux Indians to the United States. -
Century of Dishonor
The story Century of Dishonor, by Helen Hunt Jackson, changed the way the Natives were treated. -
Bye bye slant eye
They didn't want the Chinese coming in to the United States so they band them for ten years. -
Time Zones
Times zones were created in the United States because of the railroads. -
Eight hours
Over 300,000 workers started eight hour shifts. -
Symbol of Freedom
The Statue of Liberty is unveiled by president Grover Cleveland. -
Offordable tracks
Offordable prices had to be made for the railroads and it was forbidding to reduce the rates. This was because of the Interstate Commerce Act. -
Reservations
The Dawes Severalty Act gave congress the power to create reservations for the native americans. -
Johnstown Flood
A flood in the city of Johnstown Pa. that killed 2,295 people -
Peoples of America
US population: 62,947,714. -
CLOSED
The western frontier was closed down after the announcement of the US Bureau of the Census. -
Shot Dead
Sitting Bull was killed by the indian police in South Dakota. -
Hooping
Baskeball was invented in Springfield by James Naismith, a physical education instructor. -
Passing Immigrants
Ellis Island, in NY, allowed all immigrants to pass through. Twenty million passed before 1954 when it was closed. -
Mail time
A court injunction forbiddinged the American Railray Union from messing up the passing of mail. -
STRIKE
An income tax is striked down by the Supreme Court.
