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Congress passed this and it gave 160 acres of free land to a settler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years.
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When Lee finally surrendered to Grant, the confederate soldiers were told to lay down their weapons and Jefferson Davis, who was the leader of the confederacy, was captured, ending the Civil War.
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The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific were joined together in Utah in 1869.
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This battle was led by George Custer and had 250 soldiers die at the battle.
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The End of Reconstruction was ended with the Compromise of 1877 and this compromise had favors to the South included in it.
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This law was made by Congress in order to limit the number of immigrants.
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The country was divided into 4 time zones and they were created by the railroad companies.
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The Pendelton Act established Civil Service tests for government jobs.
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This law was intended to eliminate the lack of private property and te nomadic tradtion.
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The public was pushing for a federal law to be passed in order to prohibit trusts and monopolies and Congress decided to pass the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
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This took place after Sitting Bull's death and 200 Sioux and 25 soldiers were killed at this battle.
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Ellis Island was a main immigration station in the United States.
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