A Walk Through History By athies 1803 The Louisiana Purchase is Approved 1861 Civil War Starts 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Starts 1862 Seven Days' Battle Starts 1862 The First Homestead Act is Passed 1863 Reconstruction Era Starts Mar 4, 1865 Ulysses S. Grant is Elected as President Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is Assasinated 1866 14th Amendment is Passed 1869 The First Transcontinental Railroad is Completed 1874 Woman's Christian Temperance Union is Formed 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone 1879 Thomas Edison invented the Lightbulb 1890 Congress Passes Sherman Antitrust Act 1901 President William McKinley is Assassinated 1908 Ford Makes First Car (Model T) 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire results 146 Deaths 1919 18th Amendment Outlaws Alcoholic Beverages 1920 Nineteenth Amendment Passes
