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Missouri Compromise of 1820
Missouri is a slave state but all territory above 36 degrees 30 N is free states -
National Trades Union
Many workers fell from trade. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented telegraph -
Sewing Machine
Howe's invents sewing machine. -
Wilmont Proviso
Meant to ban slavery in all territory acquired from mexico. -
Communist Manifesto
Denounced capitalism and predicted that workers would over turn it. -
Safety Elevator
Otis develops safetly elevator. -
Repulbican Party
The Republican Party lost the election. -
Senate Election
Frederick Douglas wins the Senate Election. -
Oil Refining
Oil fuels indistrial growth and raises standared of living. -
Oil Well
Edwin drake drilled first oil well. -
On the Origin of Species
Charles darwin published on the origin of species -
Election of 1860
Douglas, John Breckenridge, John Bell, and Lincoln are all running. Lincoln wins -
Crittenden Compromise
Crittenden proposed a constitutional amendment allowing slaves through the south of missouri compromise lines. -
South Carolina Secedes
south caroline is the first to seceed from the union. -
Kansas is a free state
Kansas is no longer a slave state. -
Confederacy Formed
the confederacy is formed showing that they are separated from the union. -
Civil War
the civl war has now begun. lincoln attempts to preserve the union. -
Pull Factors
Homestead act pull factors aid from railroad companies made some farmland inexpensicve. -
Emancipation Proclimation
Lincoln trys to end slavery as an official war measure. -
End to Slavery
Slavery has finally come to and end in the year of 1863 -
Draft Law
Congress passes a new draft law that says union soldiers have the right to arrest anyone who is disloyal -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln was trying to inform of why the union was fighting. -
Lincoln
Abraham Linclon was assassinated and Vice Precident Andrew Johnson becomes president -
13th Amendment
Ends Slavery -
Reconstruction
try to bring the south back into the union. -
14th Amendment
All people born in US are now citizens. -
15th Amendment
All male citizens the right to vote. -
Election of 1876
Hayes promised to pull all remainin g troops rom the south and end reconstruction. -
Telephone
Bell pateneted the telephone -
Light Bulb
Thomis Edison patenets first light bulb. -
Farming
Many farmers had a dificult time and crops were not growning well becuase of the soil which led to a soil erosion so most farmers moved to the city to find jobs. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibits immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the United States, and forbade the naturalization of Chinese residents -
Steam Boiler Furnace
Woods invents improveed steam powered furnace. -
Roller Coaster
Thompson opened the world's first rollar coaster. At 10 cents a ride. -
Violence in Haymarket Square
thousands of workers mounted a national demonstration for an 8 hour work day. -
Protesters Strike
Protesters gathered causing a frenzy to breakout and many people were killed/injured. -
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers formed the AFL. -
Interstate Commerce Comission
U.S. created ICC to oversee railroad operations. -
Streetcars
Streetcars powered by overhead electric cables are invented -
Urbanization
Many rural to urban immigrants moved to the city. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed any trust that operated in commerce or trade. -
Ellis Island
Most european immigrants arrived at new york harbor. -
Homestead Strike
An anarchist attempts to assasinate Frick. -
Tenements
low cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible, Terrible living conditions -
Subway System
The nation's first subway system is created -
Melting Pot
The term "melting pot" came from this play that happened in 1903. This model excluded Asian immigrants. who became targets of social and legal discrimination -
Angel Island
Chinese and Asian immigrants who crossed the pacific ocean arrived at san fransico bay.
