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This act provided that any citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land -
The Transcontinental railroad was completed. "The great railroad that stretched from east to west" -
John D. Rockefeller formed the standard oil company with his brother and business partners. -
A strike formed against Carnegie after the workers received cut wages for the third time. The biggest strike to occur during the Gilded Age -
This act was passed to make it to where Chinese immigrants couldn't acquire jobs along with disallowing the immigration of all Chinese immigrants for 10 years. -
This act provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams. -
This act regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. -
An American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author that founded the Hull House in Chicago. -
This act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Andrew Carnegie founded/established his steel company in Downtown Pittsburgh.