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Invention of the Telegraph
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Homestead Act
This act gave 160 acres of land to settlers for free who agreed to live on it for 5 years. -
End of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee and his troops surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific met at Promontory Point in Utah. -
Telephone is invented
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Battle of Little Bighorn
George Custer and his 250 soldiers underestimated the power of the Sioux Indians and lost in battle. This was a significant Sioux visctory. -
End of Reconstruction
Ended in a compromise that promised the south benifits. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Law that prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the country. -
Time Zones are created
United different regions of the country into a network. Brought Americans together in new ways. -
Pendelton Act is passed
Established the Civil Service Commission that set up examinations for federal jobs. -
Dawes Act
Law that wanted to break up Indian Reservations. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act is passed
Law protected trade and commerce against monopolies that unfairly restrained other companies from getting business. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Army went to collect Sioux weapons & someone shot a pistol, triggering a reaction of fire from the army, ending with 200 Sioux killed. -
Ellis Island opens
Immigrants registered here to enter America. -
Model T invented