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1887 BCE
Dawes Act
Authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
15th Amendment
all African Americans the right to vote even free slaves. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Enforcement Act or Force Act was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations public transportation and to prohibit exclusion from jury service. -
United States presidential election 1876
It was one of the most contentious and controversial presidential elections in American history The results of the election remain among the most disputed ever although it is not disputed that Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
A United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882 prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Homestead Strike
the battle was one of the most serious disputes in U.S. labor history, third behind the Ludlow Massacre and the Battle of Blair Mountain. -
Pullman Strike
It pitted the American Railway Union against the Pullman Company the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. -
Utah
It became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest by area and 31st-most-populous and 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal -
Gold
The value of gold was rooted in its relative rarity easy handling and minting and easy smelting and fabrication resistance to corrosion and other chemical reactions nobility and distinctive color.
