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The Reconstruction Act
The law that readmitted Southern states back into the Union and also granted blacks the right to vote and citizenship. -
The Pacific Railroad Act
A series of acts passed by congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad", built by two railroad companies. The Union Pacific built the railroad from the east and the Central Pacific from the west, having both lines meet in Utah. -
The Panic of 1873
Due to over production and imprudent loans, America went into a crash that drove the country into panic. But also not only America was affected by a economic collapse but so did Europe and many other nations worldwide were affected by a collapse of their own, leaving them all in a crisis. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
Later pronounced by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 guaranteed equal rights in public places and prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection for African Americans -
The Homestead Strike
The strike of angry steel factory workers due to the refusal of raising wages and improving working conditions. The strike lead to a battle between the angry workers and armed Pinkerton detectives, leaving 10 men dead and around 60 men wounded. -
The Atlanta Compromise
African American educator and leader, Booker T. Washington, delivers his famous speech "The Atlanta Compromise"
