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Homestead Act
It said that any adult citizen or intended citizen that had never gone against the US government could claim 160 acres of government surveyed land -
Transcontinental Railroad
the first railroad was built crossing the western half of the US and was put together between 1863 and 1869. It went from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California -
Battle of Little Big Horn
this was the most decisive Native American victory and the worst US defeat in the Long Plains Indians War -
Railroad Strike of 1877
started in West Virginia in response to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cutting worker wages. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
this act was passed to restrict Chinese immigration and was the first act to restrict entry to the US. it was passed because people were afraid that the Chinese would take all the jobs. -
AFL (American Federation of Labor) founded
Alliance if independant craft unions was founded, and Samuel Gompers was the first president -
The Dawes Act
authorized the government to break up tribal land and making them individual plots of land. Only the Native Americans that accepted this could become US citizens -
Steel Strike
Henry Frick, who's the chairman of Carnegie Steel, shuts down the steel factory and locks out the employees. -
Henry Frick Survives
Henry Frick was attacked by a man named Alexander Berkman who was a labor activist. he attempted to kill Frick, but he survives after being stabbed multiple times in the throat and torso -
Pullman Strike
Workers at the Pullman Company go on strike when the owner refuses to reduce housing rent to match wage cuts