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Invented by Samuel Morse
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Congress gives 160 acres of free land in west to those who live on it for 5 years.
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After General Lee's surrendor at Appomattox Court House, the Union soon captured the Confederacy's president, Jefferson Davis, to end the Civil War.
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Union and Central Pacific rail companys' tracks meet at Promontory Point, Utah territory.
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New York City political machine head is exposed of millions of dollars he collected illegally. Thomas Nash exposed him through political cartoons in the Harpers Weekly. It was during the 1870's.
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Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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Native Americans defeat General Custer in their biggest and last victory of the Indina Wats.
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In exchange for disputed electoral votes, Hayes promised to withdraw union troops from the South, ending Reconstruction. This was known as the compromise of 1877
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A law that stopped Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S. for 10 years, but was extended twice.
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After increased demand for sensible train schedules, railroads separated country into four time zones exactly one hour apart. Congress made official in 1918
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Established the Civil Service Commission, which set up competitive examinations for federal jobs.
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change of American policy regarding Native Americans in which the government no longer recognized tribes, Native Americans were sent to reservations, and Native American children were sent to boarding schools.
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Act passed by Congress to make monopolies illegal.
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Fighting breaks out when army tries to collect Sioux's wepaon. Ended the Indian Wars.
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Largest immigration center in America, located in New York City.
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Invented by Henry Ford.
