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Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House. The North came out with a win!
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American Civil War ends. The South surrenders to the North.
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Ulysses S. Grant is elected president. He led the Reconstruction by signing and enforcing civil rights laws .
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14th Amendment is ratified. It grants citizenship to everyone born in the U.S. and protects civil and political rights.
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The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed. Back then it was a big travel help.
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The 15th ammendent was created. It prohibits each government in the U.S. from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their color or race.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. Later in life, the telephone could be called 1 of the biggest inventions made.
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National League of baseball is found. Baseball from then attracted a lot of people to like the sport.
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Thomas Edison invents light bulb. It was 1 of the most famous inventions.
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The Ku Klux Klan was created. They used masks and robes to hid their identities.
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Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike. Today we use gold mostly for jewelry.
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U.S. population exceeds 75 million
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes President. he had a hobby to hunt.
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The Wright brothers make their first powered flight. Later in time, the plane is the most popular way to travel.
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Woodrow Wilson becomes President. He was elected governor of Jersey from 1911-1913.
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16th Amendment was created. It allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results
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17th Amendment was created. It established direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.
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World War I begins in Europe. Hitler killed lots of people.
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U.S. enters World War I. The U.S. helps out and wins World War I.
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18th Amendment was created. The amendment established Prohibition in the U.S.
