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Invention of the Telegraph
The electrical telegraph is a system that transmitted electric signals over wires from location to location that translated into a message. -
Homestead Act
The government was giving ou free land for farmers to farm and live on, but they had to live on the land for 5 years. -
End of the Civil War
Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America which was the Confederacy. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad , built in the United States between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and Union Pacific Railroad. -
Telephone is Invented
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Battle of Little Bighorn
Biggest and also the last win for the native americans. -
End of Recustruction
Northerners were tired of a decade of Reconstruction efforts and had become less interested in the South with the rise of speculation and profit-making in the Gilded Age and then the hardships of the Depression of 1873. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese were banned from the U.S for 10 years, and then got banned for another 10 years. -
Time Zones are Created
Originally created to facilitate scheduling multiple trains on single tracks. -
Pendleton Act is Passed
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Dawes Act
The Dawes Act, with its emphasis on individual land ownership, also had a negative impact on the unity, self-government, and culture of Indian Culture. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act is Passed
This act required the United States Federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies and organizations suspected of violating the Act. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. -
Ellis Island Opens
Ellis Island was the former federal immigration processing station which processed over 12 million third class and steerage immigrants between 1892 and 1954 and was named after the former owner of the island, Samuel Ellis. -
Model T Invented