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  the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America
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  the homestead act was one of many united states federal laws the law required three steps file an application, improve the land, and file for deed of title
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  The First Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the Pacific Railroad and later as the Overland Route), built in the United States between 1863 and 1869
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  By 1873, Republicans were losing their enthusiasm for protecting black rights. Despite the presence of federal troops, sent by President Grant to protect black voting rights
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  the battle of little bighorn happened near the little bighorn river
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  Tweed was arrested and found guilty of corruption, was sentenced to 12 years in jail.
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  the chinease exclusion act suspended immagration into america and was suppose to last 10 years
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  of 1883 United States federal law established the United States Civil Service Commission.
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  On November 18, 1883, four standard time zones for the continental U.S.A. were introduced at the instigation of the railroads.
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  the act was amended in 1891 1906 by the burke act the act was in effect until 1934
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  it was the first federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies.
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  On the morning of December 29, 1890, the Sioux chief Big Foot and some 350 of his followers camped on the banks of Wounded Knee creek
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  January 1, 1892, until November 12, 1954 the facility that replaced the state-run Castle Garden Immigration Depot (1855–1890) in Manhattan
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