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Invention of the Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. -
Homestead Act
Gave 160 acres of land to a settler who paid a filling fee and lived on the land for five years. -
End of the Civil War
A war in which Americans fought other Americans. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull gatered Sioux and Cheyenne warriors along the Little Bighorn River. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Where the continent would span and coonnect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
Boss Tweed Jailed
Headed New York City's Demoocratic political machine in the 1860s and 1870s. -
Telephone is Invented
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End of Reconstruction
The Civil War saved the Union but shook the nations to its roots. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States for 10 years. -
Times Zones are Created
All communities in each zone would share the same time, and each zone was exactly one hour apart from the zones on either sides of it. -
Pendleton Act is Passed
Established the Civil Service Commission to set up competitive examinations for federal jobs. -
Dawes Act
Congress changed the government policy. -
Model T Invented
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act is Passed
The law sought "to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraignt and monopoly." -
Battle of the Wounded Knee
Several hundred Lakota and Sioux fled in fear after Sitting Bull's death. -
Ellis Island Opens
Examiners at the centers recorded the immigrants' names-sometimes shortening or simplifying a name they found too difficult to write.