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Morrill Act
The act provided public land for higher education. -
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National Labor Union
The Union consisted of skilled, unskilled, and farmers. It lasted 6 years and had 600,000 members. The 1873 depression ruined the National Labor Union. -
The "Bloody Shirt" Elects Grant
Grant won the presidential election. The main reason that he won is because he waved his "bloody shirt." That meant that he constantly reminded voters of his military record, and that he led the North to a victory. -
Transcontinetal RR Completed
The transcontiental rail road was completed in 1869 near Ogden, Utah. -
Women Right to Vote
Wyoming Territory grants women the right to vote. -
JIm Fisk and Jay Gould's Jubilee
These two men came up with a scheme to corner the gold market. It was unsuccessful. -
Standard Oil Company
Organized by John D. Rockefeller. The company eventually sold 95% of all oil sold in the US. -
Tweed scandal in New York
Boss Tweed used bribes, graft, and rigged elections to mooch money and ensure contiunual power for himself and his buddies. -
Credit Mobilier scandal
Union Pacfic Railroad insiders formed the Credit Mobilier construction company and then hired themselves at inflated prices to build the railroad line. They gave stock to Congressmen in order to avoid getting busted. The newspaper finally exspoed the scandal. -
Creation of Liberal Republican Party
Reformers started the party because they were tired of the scandals, and they wanted to clean things up. -
Painic of 1873
It was started by overspending with borrowed money for railroads and factories. Two main reasons were over-spending and the banks gave crdit too easy. It was started when banks and busniess began to go bankrupt. Blacks were extremely hit when Freedman's Savings and Trust co. went bankrupt, losing $7 million in savings. -
Whiskey Ring
People stole whiskey tax mmoney from the government. -
Invention of Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invited the telephone. -
Compromise of 1877
The North got Hayes elected as President. The South got a pledge that Hayes would remove military occupation in tyhe South, and money would be spend on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. -
Reconstruction Ends
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Invention of Electic Light
Thomas Edison invited the light bulb. -
Garfield Becomes President
James A. Garfield won the election. -
Garfield is Assisanated; Arthur Becomes President
Killed by CHarles J. Guiteau in September. Vice president becomes new president. -
Knights of Labor
IOt was stared as a secret program, but came open in 1881. It welcomed skilled, unskilled, women, and blacks. "Non producers" were banned. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Forbade the immigration of Chinese to America -
Immigration-Restriction Laws
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. It banned the immigation of Chinese. The was the first immigation law to specifically target and ban a specific ethnicity. -
Pendleton Act
It set up CIvil Service COmmission which awarded jobs based on performance rather than how much "pull" a person had. -
Brooklyn Bridge
New York's Brooklyn Bridge was completed. -
Cleveland Defeats Blaine for Presidency
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First Skyscraper
Louis Sullivan built the first Skyscraper in Chicago. He used steel, concrete, and newly invinted elevators. -
Haymarket Square Bombing
The incident occured in Chicago. A bombing took place and a handful or bystanders were killed. The public placed blame on The Knights and unions. EIght anarchists were arrested. The effect of the Haymarket Square incident was a distrust in unions and a decline in their membership. -
Wabash Case
In the Wabash case the Supreme Court said that states cannot regulate interstate trade, and that only Congress could. So if any regulation had to be done US Congress would have to do it. -
American Federation of Labor
AF of L was started by Samuel Gompers. It was made up of small, independent unions that were tied together by their assocation with the AF of L. Gompers main goal was to get more. He wanted better wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions. The AF of L was made up of only skilled workers. -
Statue of Liberty
The statue was given to the United States by France. It was errected in the New York Harbor. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The act outlawed rebates and pools. It also required rates to be openly published and banned charging low rates for the long haul and higher rates for the short haul. -
Harrison Defeats Cleveland for Presidency
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Reed Becomes SOH; "Billion Dollar Congress"; McKinley Tariff
He ran House like a dictator. He got "Billion Dollar Congress" passed which caused the US to dole out that much money for the first time. Pensions were given to veterans, and more silver was purchased. He aslo created the McKinley Tariff that hiked rates to roughly 48%. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The act was enacted in attempt to outlaw trusts or monopolies. The law forbade combinations such as pools or cartels, interlocking directorates, and holding companies. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was not effective because it lacked real teeth in enforcement -
Invention of Basketball
Basketball was invited. -
Homestead Steel Strike
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Depression of 1893
The first reccession or depression in the industrial age. Nearly 8,000 businesses went out of business in six months. Cleveland now had a budget deficit. The nation's gold supply was getting dangerously low. -
Wilson-Gorman Tariff
It barely chnages the McKinley Tariff. Itcontained an income-tax provision that was decalred unconsitutional in 1895. -
J.P. Morgan's Banking Syndicate
Loaned $65 million in gold to the federal government. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson stated that "separate but equal" facilities for the races were legal. Segregation was "okayed" federally when the Supreme Court passed this. -
Utah
Utah is admitted into the Union. -
Dingley Tariff Act
Raised tariff rates to 46.5% because Wilson-Gorman wasn't bringing in enough money. -
Gold Standard Act
The act said that people could trad in paper money for gold. -
Steel Corporation
The United States Steel Corporation was formed.