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This would expand the continent and connect the atlantic and pacific coasts.
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This act gave 160 free acres of land to a settler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years.
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The north won the battle between the south.
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It was caused over the black hills of the dakotas, the government promised that "no white person(s) shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy" or even to pass through the hills. These hills were said to have contained gold.
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He headed new york city's democratic political machine. He controlled the police, courts, & some newspapers. They controlled millions of dollars in illegal payments from companies doing buisness with the city. He was convicted and sentenced to prison.
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President Grant considered running for a third term, most republican leaders preferred a new candidate- one who could win back. The liberal Republicans and unite the party.
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This act prohibited chinese workers from entering the united states for ten years.
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This established civil service commisions to set up competitive examinations for federal taxes.
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All communities in each time zone would share he same time, & each time zone was exactly one hour apart from the zones on either side of it.
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This law was passed to eliminate what americans regarded as the two weaknesses of the native american life, due to the lack of private property and the nomadic tradition.
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This act looked to "protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint & monopoly."
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Hundreds of Lakota sioux gathered at a creek called wounded knee in southwestern, south dakota. They met here to collect the sioux's weapons. No one knew when the fight started, but more then 200 sioux and 25 soilders were killed. This marked the end of armed conflict between whites and native americans.
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East immigrants were processed at castle garden on this island in new york harbor.
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