1865-1910

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  • Sojourner Truth

    Sojourner Truth is born

  • Naturalism

    Naturalism starts to catch on as war is planned

  • Civil War

    The American​ Civil War comes to an end

  • Reconstruction

    Reconstruction begins after the Civil War

  • Salvation Army

    The Salvation Army is created

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

    African American citizens were given more rights

  • Social Darwinism

    Social Darwinism becomes popular

  • Immigration

    Immigration in Northern cities greatly increases

  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow journalism is invented

  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow journalism is invented

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek

    Ambrose Bierce publishes "An Occurrence at Owl Creek"

  • Jim Crow Laws

    The Jim Crow Laws are passed

  • People's Party

    The People's Party is created

  • An Episode of War

    Stephen Crane writes "An Episode of War"

  • Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American War begins