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Timeline
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The 13th Amendment
The thirteenth amendment ends slavery. -
KKK Forms
The Ku Klux Klan forms, using terror to maintain white supremacy in the South. To put an end to the KKK's violence the Enforcement Act of 1870 is passed. -
14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment grants african americans United States citizenship. This amendment was a turning point in America's history. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The first transcontinental railroad is completed and connects the east and west coasts. New rails were laid between Omaha, Nebraska, and Sacramento. -
15th Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment gives blackes the right to vote. It states that no citizen may be denied the right to vote "by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or precio condition of servitude." -
Talking Telegraph
Alexander Graham Bell patented the "talking telegraph" after experimenting for several years. The earliest phone lines could only connect 2 specific places. -
Great Railroad Strike
Railway workers react angrily when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announce a wage cut of 10 percent during the depression. -
Lightbulb Invention
Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb. The lightbub after its invention changed daily life in America. -
Oriental Telephone Company
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company -
Haymarket
During a protest rally in Chicago's Haymarket Square a riot breaks loose and a bomb is thrown into a police formation. -
AWSA
Susan B. Anthony makes the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). -
Great Anthracite Coal Strik
Over 147,000 miners strike over union recognation. -
Panama Canal
The U.S. begins constuction on the Panama Canal. The Canal was completed after about ten years. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt is elected into office. -
Fall of the Stock Market
The New York Stock Exchange fell about fifty percent from the year before.The fall of the stock market in 1907 spreads panic across the United States. -
Ford Car
The Model T automobile makes its debut costing $825. -
Civil Rights
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is found to help blacks fight for civil rights. -
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution begins. -
U.S. Declares War with Germany
America enters WW1 under the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. -
18th Amendment
The 18th amendment prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages anywhere in the U.S. It's later repealed in 1933. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment is passed by congress stating that "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
