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Pacific Railroad
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/transcontinental-railroad-completedThis 1,907 mile railroad was contructed between 1863 to 1869. It connected the Pacific Coast at San Francisco to Eastern Railway at Council Bluff. It offically opened to public use on May 10th.
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13th Amendenment was passed
The 13th Amendment was passed by te Senate on April 8th. This Amendment abolished slavery and "involventary solitude except as punishment for crime" (wikipedia) -
Offical Adoption
Secretary of State William Stewart proclaim its offical adoption. It is important to note that although the amendement was set it did not stop white supremecy violence towards the blacks. -
Railroad
First Transcontinental Raildroad is completed at Promoitory Summit in Utah Territory. -
15th Amendment was ratified
Amendment was radified. It was set forth to prohibit the Federal and State Goverments from denying a citizen a right to vote based on color, race and previous confition.
Ulysses Grant played a major role in this. -
Thomas Edison creates the First Fuctionary Lightbulb
Thomas Edison was an American Inventor who greatly influenced modern world. Edison helped over 1,093 in his name. -
Creation of Lightbulb
Thomas E finally created the first functioning "carbon filament" lightbulb It lasted about 13.5 hours and changed the world -
Clara Barton Creates the Red Cross
During the American Civil was Barton was nurse and true humanitarian. She felt that it was her duty as a Christian to to help soldiers. In August of 1862 Barton gained permission and a $15,000 grant from Daniel Rucker to work as a nurrse on the front line. She spearheaded a woman's worth outside of the home. -
Chinese Exculsion Act
This act was a federal law signed by president Chester A. Arthur. The Chinese Exclusion Act was one of the most significant restrictions against free immigration in U.S history. It prohibited all immigration of Chinese labourers and was the "first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnis group from immigrating to the U.S." -
Dawes Act passed the Congress
This act split up reservations to give to Native Americans as individuals. This was to encourage Native Americans to integrate into white/American culture. Significance: Family and cultural ties were destroyed. land holdings of native americans went from 138 million acres to only 78 million -
McKinley Tariff Act
Placed taxes on foreign goods making them more expensive. It drove up prices for farmer equipment and failed to halt sliding agriculture prices.
The McKinley Tariff was a direct contributing factor to the Panic of 1893. It also led to massive republican defeat in next election. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
South Dakota: Fight broke out between Indian and US Soliders. Followed by a brutal massacre of an estimated 300 indians; mostly women and children. The significance is that Massacre ended the ghost dance movement and the last major battles of the Indian Wars.
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May Panic of 1983
National Economic Crisis. A failure in two companies panicked the stock market. When the financial cris struck, banks and investing firms began calling in loans casuing hundreds of business to go bankrupt across the US. More money was being put into stocks than bonds. -
Pullman Strike
Chicago: nationwide raildorad strike that was between the American Railway and the Pullman Company. Pullman cut wages of workers by a third and refuse to reduce the rent. The nations passenger rail service was brought to a standstill. This was the first national strike in history. Federal troops had to put down strikes and violence escalated leading to more strikes. The strikes showed the power of unified national unions. -
Plessy Vs, Freguson
Louisianna: Homer Plessy was considered a colored man who sat in the white section of a railroad car. He was arrested and the case went to supreme court because Plessay's lawyer said it violated 13th and 14th Amendment. This case stated that "sperate but equal" is constitutional. -
Battleship USS Maine sinks
Cuba Havana Harbor: USS Main exploded killing 268 Men. The Maine was on an offical observation visit. It was found that it was destroyed by a submerged mine. This was the cause of the Spanish American War. -
Spanish American War
Conflict between Spain and The U.S. The U.S is now free to own the Phillipines, Guam and Puerto Rico. The Cubans were now an independent country away from Spain.
US became a world power while Spain lost their power. -
Newlands Reclamation Act
On June 17th, Newlands Reclamation Act was signed.
United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
The Ford Motor Company was formed.
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Wright Brothers
The Wright brothers made their first powered flight in the Wright Flyer. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-airplane-flies -
establishing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act were signed (wikipedia) -
Oklahoma was admitted to the Union
Oklahoma became the 46th state -
The Bureau of Investigation was established
It was later called FBI. -
New Mexico was admitted to the Union
Becoming the 47th state -
Arizona was admitted to the Union
Became the 47th state -
16th Amendment
16th Amendment established an income tax and was ratified -
Mother's Day
The First Mother's Day was observed -
WW1
Treaty of Versailles ended -
Development of 19th Amendment
Woman were given the right to vote.
