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Congress creates an 8-hour workday routine for government employed workers
Many immigrants and lower class citizens worked all day which caused many problems within factories, aside rom other things, which led to the gvernment enacting an 8-hour workday routine. -
THE 14th AMENDENT
Everyone that was born in the United States would be born as a US citizen and be protected and equal by the Constitution -
1ST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
The first transcontinenal railroad was built in just over three years. Built by 20,000 workers, and had 1,775 miles of track. -
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company which later on dominated the other oil competitors month and day not correct
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Hiram R. Revels
First African American to serve in the US Senate. -
Joseph H. Rainey
the first African American representative -
15TH AMENDMENT
The right to vote for every US citizen regardless of racial background -
Indian tribes no longer treated indepndent
Congress declares that the native american tribes will no longer be independent -
women suffrage advocates arrested
Susan B. Anthony, along with other advocates, were arrested for trying to vote in Rochester, N.Y. -
The Comstock Act
Prohibited the mailing of obscen literature -
Financial panic of 1873
5,183 businesses failed which led to many unemplyed citizens -
Civil Rights Act of 185
guarantee equal use of public accomodations and places in public amusement between races -
Cluster's Last Stand
George A. Cluster and 265 soldiers were killed by sioux indians in Little Horn River -
Rutherford Hayes
declared winner of presidential dispute by electoral ccmmision -
Withdrawal of federal troops
President Hayes wihdrawals federal troops from the south marking the end of reconstruction\ -
Oklahoma reservation
Federal troops capture Chief Joseph and Nez Perce indians of Oregon and force them to live in oklahoma reservations -
The Great Railroad Strikes
Starts due to Baltimore and Ohio railroads impose a 10% wage cuts -
Phonograph
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph -
Light Bulb
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb -
Chinese Exclusion Act
does not allow chinese immigrants to enter the US for 10 years -
Standard time railroads
Railroads in the US adopt a standard time system which is still used to this day -
Haymarket Square Bombing
Unknown who threw the bomb. killed 7 officers and wounded 60 -
Statue of Liberty
President Grover Cleveland reveals the statue of liberty -
The American Federation of Labor
the AFL was founded and Samuel Gompers was placed as president. Restricted to skilled workers only -
Interstate Commerce Act
all railroads have to charge a reasonable amount to everyone and not allowed to offer rate reductions -
Dawes Severalty Act
subdivides indian reservations into plotsof land between 160-320 acres -
Sherman ant-trust act
trusts were made illegal -
Wounded Knee Massacre
near wounded knee creek. the last battle of the american indian wars -
Populist party
founded in cincinnati, ohio -
Ellis Island
opens to screen immigrants for disease and basic english. if had disease then immigrants would be quaranteened till they are healthy -
homestead strike
Henry Clay Frick cut wages in carnegie's steelworks in homestead and workers went on strike. pinkerton guards were sent to protect the plant and fought with the strikers. state militia were called in due to multiple deaths -
pullman strike
workers went on strike after cut wages -
plessy v. ferguson
US Supreme Court stated that segregation was permitted as long as they recieved equal facilities. Seperate but Equal -
USS Maine
while be stationed in cuba's havana harbor, the USS Maine blows up and sinks -
spanish amercan war
known as the splendid little war. gained puerto rico, guam, and philippines -
The Hague
Delegates from US and 25 other nations meet in the hague to discuss on disarmament, arbitration and international disputes, protection of noncombatants, and limitations on methods of warfare