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California Gold Rush
New riches, communities and values seemed to emerge out of the great California Gold Rush, "In the decades that followed, new hordes threw up towns in Park CIty, Utah, Tombstone, Arizona, and other promising sites." (Davidson 483) -
Lincolns Ten Percent Plan 1863
"Lincoln outlined his program in a Proclimation of Amnesty and Reconstruction issued in December 1863" (Davidson 440)
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Thirteenth Amendment was ratified
The 13th Amendment was passed by congress in January in 1865, then was ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. The test reads, "Several states merely repealed instead of repudating their ordinances of secession, rejected the Thirteenth Amendment, or refused to repudiate the Confederate debt." (Davidson 442) -
Johnson Impeached
The 14th Amendment was ratified. "The amendment guarenteed repayment of the National war debt and prohibited repayment of the Confederate debt" (Davidson, page 443) -
Alexander Grahm Bell Creates the First Telephone
In 1876, Mr. Bell exposed new technologies to the United States by creating a usable telephone. -
Dawes Serveralty Act
The Dawes Act was passed on Febuary 8,1887 to "help" the Indians. Mostly the Act hurt the Idians by taking away most of their land. "The goals of the policy were simple: to draw Indians into wite society as farmers and small property owners and (less high-mindedly) to bring Indian lands legally into the marketplace." (Davidson 480) -
Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896
In 1896, the Supreme Court heard the case of Home Plessy for sitting in the "white" section of a train car. The case came to the conclusion that "seperate" is considered "equal". -
Carnegie's Steel Company was Founded
Carnegie's steel plant was named the J.Edgar Thomson Steel Works, and opened in 1875. Throughout the follwoing years he expanded in the state of Pennsylvania. "He jumped in during hard times, building and buying when equipment and businesses were cheap." (Davidson 512) -
Sherman Antitrust Act
"The Sherman Antitrust Act relied on the only constitutional authority the federal government had over business: its right to regulate interstate commerce." (Davidson 515)
