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Settlers could aquire 160 acres of land by living on it, improving it, and paying $30
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One of the earliest nationwide unions to organize in America and the Old World. It lasted 6 years and totalled 600,000 members.
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The concept of a transatlantic telegraph cable was developed by Cyrus West Field, and laid into place by the British ship Great Eastern
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The term coined by Mark Twain, there was wide spread wealth and corruption permeating many aspects of society, politics, and economics.
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He was the 18th president of the United States
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Gold market scandal; They planned to increase profits by increasing gold stock value; known as "Black Friday"
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Two sides of the railroad joined near Ogden, Utah.
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Under the direction of John D. Rockefeller, it became one of the biggest monopolies by squashing competitors and assimilating smaller companies.
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Union Pacific Railroad insiders formed a construction company, then proceeded to hire themselves at high rates to build the railroad.
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There was not enough demand for railroad, mines, factories, agriculture, and other economic stimuli; due to mishandling of the Treasury and various banking institutions in regards to loans and the credit system, the nation faced economic panic.
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Women's coalition against alcohol abuse and use in general
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Congressional attempt to strengthen radical Republicans. It guaranteed equal accommodations in public places and outlawed racial discrimination in the jury, but had little effect.
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Long distance communication evolves from telegraph to telephone.
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Regarding the 1877 election, Hayes was allowed to win the election on the conditions that he pulled all troops from the South and ended Reconstruction.
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Prohibited Chinese immigration, also the first immigration restriction passed
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788,992 immigrants came to America, over 2100 a day, which sparked immigration limitation reformation in the nation.
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After 13 years of construction, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first to use steel wires.
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Built by Louis Sullivan in Chicago, the first skyscraper was the Home Insurance Building, and was 138 feet tall
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Initially a gift from France, it soon became a symbol of the United States due to the large number of immigrants passing by it every day
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Prohibited rebates in pools and forced railroads to openly publish rates, prohibited discrimination against shippers.
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Increased federal funding to higher education facilities to further agricultural experimentation in connection to land grant colleges.
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One of the first settlement houses is created in New York.
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Militant suffragists form suffragist group, including Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt.
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People appealed to Congress in an attempt to curb the power of monopolies. It forbade combinations restraining traide, but contained legal loopholes and was not very effective.
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Known as "The People's Party," it was comprised of farmers and the common folk, who attacked Wall Street and wanted to nationalize railroads and telephones.
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Carnegie Steel workers went on strike for better wages and working conditions, but were gunned down by the Pinkerton gang.
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American Railroad Union leader Eugene V. Debs organizes a strike in Chicago, destroying Pullman cars.
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Curated by Ainsworth Spofford, the Library of Congress opened to the public after years of being the Congressional Reading Room at the Capitol.
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J.P. Morgan collects steel corporations and combined them all into one company.
