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Jaunary 1,1865 to December 31,1905
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Assassination of Lincoln
Was shot by John Wilkes Booth -
Alaska Purchased by U.S. from Russia
Marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America -
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 11 articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson -
Fourteenth Amendment
Addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws -
Completion Of the Transcontinental railroad
The completion of the transcontinental railroad enabled the American conquest and settlement of the West. -
Fifteenth Amendment ratified
Granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States -
Bell patents the telephone
Was invented on March 07,1876 by Alexander Graham Bell -
Battle of Little Big Horn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was the most successful action fought by the American Indians against the United States Army in the West. -
Edison invented electric light
Edison produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours -
Assassination of Garfield
Garfelid was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau -
Chinese Exculsion Act
One of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Standard Oil organized by Rockefeller
He founded Standard Oil Company and actively ran it until he officially retired in 1897 -
Pendelton Act enacted
An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States. -
Brooklyn Bridge Opened
Connected the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. -
Statue of Liberty given to the U.S.
Liberty Enlightening the World measures 151 feet high and has come to symbolize freedom and democracy nationwide -
Jane Adsams opens hull house
Opened its doors to recently arrived European immigrants -
Sherman Anti-trust Act passed
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Was the single biggest defeat for U.S. forces -
Ellis Island opened
It was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954 -
Duryea brothers build first American automobile
Is considered the first successful gas-engine vehicle built in the U.S -
Plessy v Ferguson
Separate but Equal -
Spanish American War
Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000 -
Assassination of McKinley
was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York -
First radio signals sent by Marconi
In spite of predictions that the radio waves would be lost as the earth curved over that long distance. -
Treaty signed by U.S. and Panama allowing US to build canal
The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade -
First powered flight by Wright brothers
The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane.
