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Events of 1862
Congress authorizes trancontinental railraoad -
Morill Act
Morill Act provides public land for higher education -
Homestead Act
Homestead Act -
Events of 1864
Sand Creek massacre
Nevada admitted to Union -
Events of 1866
National Labor Union organized
First working transatlantic telegraph cable -
Events of 1869
Transcontinental railroad joined near Ogdon, Utah -
Wyoming
Wyoming Territory grant women rights -
Company
Standard Oil Company organized -
Events of 1973
Comstock Law
Construction of New York's Central Park officially completed -
Event sof 1874
WCTU organized
Chautauqua education movement launched
Impressionist artist debut in Paris -
Phone
Bell invents telephone -
Events of 1876
Battle of Bighorn
Colorado admitted to Union -
Electiric
Edison invents electric light -
Events of 1879
Dumbbell tenement introduced
Mary Baler Eddy establishes Christian Science
Salvation Army begins work in America -
Events of 1881
Booker T Washington becomes head of Tuskegee Institute
American Red Cross founded
Henry James publishes The Portrait of aLady -
Immigration
First Immigration-restriction laws passed -
Completed railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway, first transcontinental rail line, completed acorss Canada -
Interstate
Interstate Commerce Act -
Events of 1887
APA formed
Hatch Act supplements Morill Act -
Dawes Severalty Act
Dawes Severalty Act -
Trust
Sherman Anti-Trust Act -
Events of 1891
Battle of Wounded Knee
Construction of Tans-Siberian Railroad begins