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California Rush
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Stowe published -
Citizenship
Supreme Court denies citizenship to African Americans -
Colorado- gold era
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On the Origin of Species
Although Charles Darwin published his book in 1859 it didn't really soar until the 1870s. -
Nevada
GOLD -
Lincoln!
Abraham Lincoln elected President -
Idaho
GOLD -
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan -
Civil war begins
Civil war begins -
Montana
Gold -
Getteburg Address
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery. -
Lincoln! "RIP"
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated -
Civil war ends
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KKK
Ku Klux Klan is formed in Tennessee to maintain "white supremacy" -
Alaska
U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million -
Black Hills
GOLD -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone -
Edison
Thomas A. Edison invents the phonograph -
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Was the response of the workers due to the cut of their wages. -
Progress and Poverty
"The Association of poverty with progress is the great enigma of our times," said Henry George in his book called progress and poverty. -
Edison- light
Thomas A. Edison invents the light bulb -
First car for Ford
Henry Ford builds his first car -
Knights of Labor
The failure of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 convinced workers of he need to organize. Thus the knights of Labor was created. Had success in the 1880s. -
SEVEN THOUSAND MEMBERS
By 1886, the nights had over seven hundred thousand members -
American Laborers crying out
1886, the campaign for an eight-hour day, long a rallying cry that united American laborers, culminated in a national strike on May 1, 1886. -
Strike 1?
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck at one of Carnegie’s steel mills in Homestead, Pennsylvania. -
James B.
The Populists nominated former Civil War general James B. Weaver as their presidential candidate at the party’s first national convention in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 4, 1892. -
Elections
Populists elected six senators and seven representatives to Congress. -
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Free coinage of Silver
Bryan launched a national speaking tour in which he promoted the free coinage of silver. -
Bryan
Received the 1896 Democratic presidential -
Spanish-American War