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Invention of the Telegraph
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Homestead Act
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. -
End of the Civil War
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. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific were joined together in Utah in 1869. -
Telephone is Invented
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Battle of Little Bighorn
This battle was led by George Custer and had 250 soldiers die at the battle. -
End of Reconstruction
The End of Reconstruction was ended with the Compromise of 1877 and this compromise had favors to the South included in it. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This law was made by Congress in order to limit the number of immigrants. -
Time Zones are created
The country was divided into 4 time zones and they were created by the railroad companies. -
Pendelton Act
The Pendelton Act established Civil Service tests for government jobs. -
Dawes Act
This law was intended to eliminate the lack of private property and te nomadic tradtion. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act is Passed
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. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
This took place after Sitting Bull's death and 200 Sioux and 25 soldiers were killed at this battle. -
Ellis Island Opens
Ellis Island was a main immigration station in the United States. -
Model T Invented