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Old Immigration ended
Late 1800's -
New Immigration ended
late 1800's -
Cornelius Vanderbilt became a railroad tycoon
Made his business in the late 1820's -
Mechanical Reaper invented
Mechanical reaper was created my cyrus mccormick -
Beginning of the civil war
Civil war began -
Chinese workers helped make the Transcontinental Railroad
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Homestead Act
Free public land to settlers who would live and farm on it -
End of civil war
Civil war ended -
John D. Rockefeller created an oil company
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb
Thomas Edison created the first edition of the Light Bulb -
Chinese Exclusion Act passed
Chinese exclusion act -
Andrew Carnegie created a steel company
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Ellis Island opened
Ellis island opened for all immigrants to pass through to get citizenship -
J.P. Morgan became a robber baron in banking
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The Wright Brothers invented the Airplane
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First subway system created
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Urbanization began in America
1910 began urbanization in the east -
Henry Ford developed the assembly line
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Immigration restriction act
Limited immigration
