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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/transcontinental-railroad-completedThis 1,907 mile railroad was contructed between 1863 to 1869. It connected the Pacific Coast at San Francisco to Eastern Railway at Council Bluff. It offically opened to public use on May 10th.
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The 13th Amendment was passed by te Senate on April 8th. This Amendment abolished slavery and "involventary solitude except as punishment for crime" (wikipedia)
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Secretary of State William Stewart proclaim its offical adoption. It is important to note that although the amendement was set it did not stop white supremecy violence towards the blacks.
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First Transcontinental Raildroad is completed at Promoitory Summit in Utah Territory.
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Amendment was radified. It was set forth to prohibit the Federal and State Goverments from denying a citizen a right to vote based on color, race and previous confition.
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Thomas Edison was an American Inventor who greatly influenced modern world. Edison helped over 1,093 in his name.
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Thomas E finally created the first functioning "carbon filament" lightbulb It lasted about 13.5 hours and changed the world
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During the American Civil was Barton was nurse and true humanitarian. She felt that it was her duty as a Christian to to help soldiers. In August of 1862 Barton gained permission and a $15,000 grant from Daniel Rucker to work as a nurrse on the front line. She spearheaded a woman's worth outside of the home.
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This act was a federal law signed by president Chester A. Arthur. The Chinese Exclusion Act was one of the most significant restrictions against free immigration in U.S history. It prohibited all immigration of Chinese labourers and was the "first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnis group from immigrating to the U.S."
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This act split up reservations to give to Native Americans as individuals. This was to encourage Native Americans to integrate into white/American culture. Significance: Family and cultural ties were destroyed. land holdings of native americans went from 138 million acres to only 78 million
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Placed taxes on foreign goods making them more expensive. It drove up prices for farmer equipment and failed to halt sliding agriculture prices.
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South Dakota: Fight broke out between Indian and US Soliders. Followed by a brutal massacre of an estimated 300 indians; mostly women and children. The significance is that Massacre ended the ghost dance movement and the last major battles of the Indian Wars.
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National Economic Crisis. A failure in two companies panicked the stock market. When the financial cris struck, banks and investing firms began calling in loans casuing hundreds of business to go bankrupt across the US. More money was being put into stocks than bonds.
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Chicago: nationwide raildorad strike that was between the American Railway and the Pullman Company. Pullman cut wages of workers by a third and refuse to reduce the rent. The nations passenger rail service was brought to a standstill. This was the first national strike in history. Federal troops had to put down strikes and violence escalated leading to more strikes. The strikes showed the power of unified national unions.
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Louisianna: Homer Plessy was considered a colored man who sat in the white section of a railroad car. He was arrested and the case went to supreme court because Plessay's lawyer said it violated 13th and 14th Amendment. This case stated that "sperate but equal" is constitutional.
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Cuba Havana Harbor: USS Main exploded killing 268 Men. The Maine was on an offical observation visit. It was found that it was destroyed by a submerged mine. This was the cause of the Spanish American War.
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Conflict between Spain and The U.S. The U.S is now free to own the Phillipines, Guam and Puerto Rico. The Cubans were now an independent country away from Spain.
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On June 17th, Newlands Reclamation Act was signed.
United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
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The Wright brothers made their first powered flight in the Wright Flyer. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-airplane-flies
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The Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act were signed (wikipedia)
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Oklahoma became the 46th state
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It was later called FBI.
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Becoming the 47th state
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Became the 47th state
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16th Amendment established an income tax and was ratified
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The First Mother's Day was observed
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Treaty of Versailles ended
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Woman were given the right to vote.
