Thrilling events in American history By TannerMcDonald 1850 Bessemer process 1859 Comstock Lode 1861 Civil War Starts May 20, 1862 Homestead Act Jun 25, 1862 Seven Days' Battle 1863 The Siege of Vicksburg 1865 Thirteenth Amendment 1868 Fourteenth Amendment 1869 transcontinental railroad 1870 Fifteenth Amendment 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1886 American Federation of Labor Feb 4, 1887 Interstate Commerce Act Feb 8, 1887 Dawes act Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Dec 29, 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee 1896 Rural free delivery 1905 Industrial Workers of the World 1905 Niagara Movement 1913 Seventeenth Amendment