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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. and gaurentees the process of equal rights and protection of the laws.
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A golden spike is driven into a railroad tie at Promontory, Utah, completing the TCRR. Built in just over three years by 20,000 workers, consisting of Irish immigrants, chineese, african-americans, and some U.S. citizens. The track is 1,775 miles long.
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Americas population grows to 39,818,449 people.
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John D. Rockefeller, at 31 years old forms Standard Oil of Ohio
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Gaurentees the right to vote regardless of Race, Color, or Religion.
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Victoria Woodhull petitions Congress demanding that women recivie the right to vote under the 14th Amendment of the United States
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Congress declares that all Indian tribes are no longer classified or treated as Independent nations
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The fire in all took 250 lives and burned down 17,500 buildings.
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5,183 Business Fail
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Barbed-Wire was invented by a farmer named Joesph Glidden. He found a way to fence his cattle and protect his land.
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At 4-years-old Charley Brewster Ross was kidnapped for ransom. He was never found.
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Congress passes the Civil Rights Act to guarentee equal use of public amusements. It also allowed African Americans to be on jury duty.
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Alexander Graham Bell (29 years old) patents the telephone.
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George A. Custer and his 265 enlisted men were killed by Sioux Indians at Little Horn River.
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In Marinsburg W. Va.
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Thomas Edison at 30 years old invents the phonograph
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The Senate defeats a woman's suffrage amendment 34-16.
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Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
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The Chineese immigrants aren't allowed into the U.S. for 10 years.
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The Railroads in the U.S. and Canada adopt Standard Time
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President Grover Cleveland reveals the Statue of Liberty.
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An abandoned reservoir breaks, flooding Johnstown, Pa.
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US population: 62,947,714.
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900,000 acres of land given to the Sauk, Fox, and Pottawatomi Indians is now being a settlement of both Indians and Whites.
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Ellis Island opens to screen immigrants. 20 Million will pass through before before closing in 1954
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Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America. It features the worlds first Ferris Wheel.
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The Supreme Court cuts down an income tax.
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The US Supreme Court rules that segregation of blacks and whites is permitted under the Constitution as long as both races receive equal facilities.
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United States acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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Commander George Dewey's flotilla defeats the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay. He only suffered 8-wounded.
