Semester 1 Timeline

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  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • Homestead Act

    Act passed in 1862 that gave 160 acres of land to a settler who moved out west, paid a fee, and lived on the land for 5 years.

  • End of Civil War

    The civil war ended in 1865 along with the end of slavery.

  • Trancontinental Railroad

    Railroad that was from the east coast to the west coast. Chinease immigrants were the main source of labor.

  • Boss Tweed Jailed

    Boss Tweed was jailed in 1871 for fraud against the people of New York City

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    The battle was fought on Little Bighorn, and it was over the Blacck Hills.

  • End of Reconstruction

    Aat the end of reconstruction congress followed through with the radical plan, which angered confederates.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese immigrants from the US for 10 years.

  • Time Zones Created

    In 1883 the railroad company seperated the country into 4 differrent time zones.

  • Pendletn Act is Passed

    The Pendelton Act established the Civil Service Commisonto set up competitive examinating for federal jobs.

  • Dawes Act

    The Dawes Act was made to split up Native-american tribes and groups.

  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    The Sherman Anti Trust Act made all monopolies illegal in 1890.

  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Once the Dawes Act was passed the indians tryed to regain their power through the Ghost Dance. Which angered the whites.

  • Ellis Island Opens

    Ellis Island opened in 1892 in New York as an immigration checkpoint.

  • Model T invented