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Was accepted by the House in January 31, 1865 and ratified by the states in December 6, 1865. Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
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Labor Union, pushes for american working rights, founded by Samuel Gomper
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14th amendment, the amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War and was adopted in July 9, 1868
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Created the 1st proffessional baseball team in the US. This led to a more fun past time. 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings.
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prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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Learned to pass 2 signals through one wire, then learned to do 4 over one wire, help spread messages alot faster speeding up trade and goods. Creation of the telephone.
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US army vs. western Sioux
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Happened when a third wage reduction happened, they wouldn't let the freight cars go through. Led to use of military force to put down.
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Knights of labor was created around December 28, 1869, however it only became actually important around 1880, because they grew, and became popular with the working class people. They wanted better working conditiions and rejected socialism and anarchism
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An American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Created to create the idea of standard oil, and was the best at oil.
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One of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. FIrst of it's kind to bann a specific ethnicity and suspended chinese immigration.
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Protest that involved a bombing blamed on Knights of Labor, one police officcer died. Led to disspute agaisnt groups
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An act to help regulate and dimm down monopolies, particuarly in the Rail Road Companies, demanding "railroad rates be fair and just".
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Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr found the Hull House in Chicago (1889), helps immigrants and support immigrants.
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Created for women suffrage in 1890.
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First Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. Helped stop a bit of corruption in goverments, and stop monopolies.
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Carnegia Hall opened to the public on May 24 1891.
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John Muir founded the Sierra Club, wanted conservation of the enviorement. Sierra Mountains.
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Failure in banking and stocks, led to an economic depression and fear for money.
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J. Pierpont Morgan promised to form an international syndicate to buy gold and protect the Treasury from further withdrawals. Help saved the US from a 2 year economic debt.
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Ragtime rhythm was already inventend, but became popular between 1895-1918, because of Scott Joplin (APUSH), and was known as "Ragged Rhythm"
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Was a Supreme Court case which coined the idea "Seperate, but Equal", making segragation legal.
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Spanish American war started due to intervention with Cuban independence war.
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Ended the Spanish American War, leaded with American victory and land grants to Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
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Created steel company, providing large amounts of steel to newly created buildings during the time such as the frame of skyscrappers. As a result becoming one of the most richest men in the world during the time.
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Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. Showing the different problems, mainly in the social and politicla area.
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Mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909.
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Created Soul Music, came from black workers in the south.
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An act that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes.
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Help created a better system of creation of goods, using common parts, to speed up production as well as help fix products (gave exchangeable parts.
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Showed art, armor of different types, usuaslly sculptures.
