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US first continental map
This map of Gotthelf Zimmermann reflects the importance of German immigration to North America in the mid nineteenth century. When the Revolution of 1848 failed to produce the desired reforms within the German confederation , crowds of disillusioned Germans turned their ambitions abroad. -
The failure of the democratic revolutions in Europe increased immigration to the US
This map of Gotthelf Zimmermann reflects the importance of German immigration to North America in the mid nineteenth century. When the Revolution of 1848 failed to produce the desired reforms within the German confederation , crowds of disillusioned Germans turned their ambitions abroad -
Birth of the modern oil industry in Titusville , Pennsylvania
This panoramic map of Titusville , Pennsylvania, shows the city as it was in 1896 -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln ( 1809-1865 ) was the 16th President of the United States -
The aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction (1865-1877)
The period following the Civil War and sees the reinstatement of the secessionist states in the union , as well as the policy to them during this period -
Railway transcontinental completed
Signed by President Abraham Lincoln on 1 July 1862 the law called Pacific Railroad Act confers the responsibility of building the railway transcontinental line in two companies, Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad -
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Spanish-American War ; the United States acquired Puerto Rico and Guam , and occupy Cuba and the Philippines