College History II

  • Transcontinental Railroad joined near Utah

    Transcontinental Railroad joined near Utah

    The two railroads companies building the railroad finally meet in odgen, utah
  • Black Friday

    Black Friday

    Attempts are made at cornering the black market by jay gould and james fisk
  • Credit Mobilier Scandal

    Credit Mobilier Scandal

    The Credit Mobilier was a railroad construction company. Con gress members recieved free stock for protecting them from investigation of financail irregulation
  • Resumption Act Passed

    Resumption Act Passed

    this provided for the replacement of all the civil war fractional currency with silver coins
  • Compromise of 1877

    Compromise of 1877

    The compromise ended reconstuction in the south and settled the presidental election of 1876
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    prohibitied chinese immigration until 1943
  • McKinley Tariff Act

    McKinley Tariff Act

    boosted rates to their highest pacetime ever, which was H.8
  • Henry Demarest Lloyd

    Henry Demarest Lloyd

    He criticized the standrad oil company
  • The Maine

    The Maine

    The ship mysteriously blew up in Havanna Habor, they lost 260 soilders
  • Congress Anexed Hawaii

    Congress Anexed Hawaii

    They anexed Hawaii and granted all the residents U.S. citizenship
  • Teller Amendment

    Teller Amendment

    Promised that when U.S. overthrew spanish rule in cuba, the U.S would give the cubans independence
  • Acquired Philippines

    Acquired Philippines

    The U.S. Senate ratifies the treaty with spain and gains the Phillippines
  • Foraker Act

    Foraker Act

    Gave Peurto Rico a small degree of self governement
  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal

    Construction begins on the Panama Canal
  • Payne Aldrich Tariff

    Payne Aldrich Tariff

    this increase duty on print paper
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Forced a peace treaty on Germany
  • 18Th Amendemnet

    18Th Amendemnet

    Prohibitated all drinking of alcohol
  • Charles A. Lindberg

    Charles A. Lindberg

    he pecame the first man to fly a plane solo accross the atlantic ocean
  • Wagner Act

    Wagner Act

    Legalized strikes
  • Works Project Administration

    Works Project Administration

    this employed unskilled workers to do public works projects