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Transcontinental Railroad joined near Utah
The two railroads companies building the railroad finally meet in odgen, utah -
Black Friday
Attempts are made at cornering the black market by jay gould and james fisk -
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
this provided for the replacement of all the civil war fractional currency with silver coins -
Compromise of 1877
The compromise ended reconstuction in the south and settled the presidental election of 1876 -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibitied chinese immigration until 1943 -
McKinley Tariff Act
boosted rates to their highest pacetime ever, which was H.8 -
Henry Demarest Lloyd
He criticized the standrad oil company -
The Maine
The ship mysteriously blew up in Havanna Habor, they lost 260 soilders -
Congress Anexed Hawaii
They anexed Hawaii and granted all the residents U.S. citizenship -
Teller Amendment
Promised that when U.S. overthrew spanish rule in cuba, the U.S would give the cubans independence -
Acquired Philippines
The U.S. Senate ratifies the treaty with spain and gains the Phillippines -
Foraker Act
Gave Peurto Rico a small degree of self governement -
Panama Canal
Construction begins on the Panama Canal -
Payne Aldrich Tariff
this increase duty on print paper -
Treaty of Versailles
Forced a peace treaty on Germany -
18Th Amendemnet
Prohibitated all drinking of alcohol -
Charles A. Lindberg
he pecame the first man to fly a plane solo accross the atlantic ocean -
Wagner Act
Legalized strikes -
Works Project Administration
this employed unskilled workers to do public works projects
