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Death of President Lincoln
President Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. -
Civil Rights Bill
Bill to protect the civil rights of African Americans during the time of the Civil War and overthrew the veto of President Johnson. -
Ku Klux Klan Arrives
Group that began in the south and were strong on ideas of racisim and white supremacy. They tortured African Americans and immagrants for years to come. -
America Adds Alaska
Alaska becomes part of the United States after it was purchased from Russia. -
Grant becomes President
Ulysses Grant wins presidency and will stay in office for two terms. -
Black Friday Scandal
Jim Fisk and Jay Gould currupt the president into raising the price of gold and buying all the available gold and stocks, only to lower the price and cause many to lose large sums of money. -
Fifteenth Amendment Ratified
This amendment added to the Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote. -
Standard Oil Company organized
One of the large monopolies that was formed and operated by John Rockefeller. -
Tammany Rings
The Tweed Ring scandal formed by Boss Tweed and his followers begin at Tammany Hall. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Union Pacific Railroad uses curruption to steal money for the government by claiming to build the country's railroad systems. -
Panic of 1873
Caused by overspeculation and unsecure loans, many of the country's banks shut down and businesses everywhere went bankrupt. -
Whiskey Ring Scandal
The federal government steals taxes from the sale of whiskey. About one million dollars were taken from the treasury. -
Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell creates the telephone and opens up a new world of opportunity for communication. -
Hayes-Tilden Crisis
After trouble with the number of electoral votes, Hayes wins the presidencial election after it is agreed to take union troops out of the south. -
End of Reconstruction
All remaining union troops were pulled out of the south and they could now live without constant interaction with the north. -
Garfield becomes President
Garfield wins the presidency over Winfield Scott Hancock. -
Death of Garfield
Garfield was assassinated by Charles J Guiteau the same year he began his precidency. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Act that made it illegal for any Chinses immagrant to migrate to America. -
Cleveland becomes President
The only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms, Cleveland defeats Harrison for president. -
Harrison becomes President
Harrison becomes president of the Unites States in the election of 1888.
