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Henry Bessemer created a steel-making process that was used for manufacturing steel inexpensively
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Gold was founded by Sam Bates & Green Russel in present day Denver.
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Allowed anyone over the age of 21 yrs to acquire 160 acres of federal land if they were a citizen or declared their intent to become one.
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Made it possible for states to establish public colleges funded by development or sale of associated federal land grants
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The first continuous railroad line across the united states. It traveled from the Iowa-Nebraska border to California.
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In his laboratory, Edison creates the first high resistance, incandescent electric light in the form of a light bulb.
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A treaty made with the Chinese government that banned Chinese immigrants from entering america. and called for the deportation of anyone who DID enter after 1880
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Edison's Electric Illuminating Company flips the switch on their first power station, giving light & electricity to all of Manhattan
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French political, intellectual, and anti slavery activist Edouard Leboulaye proposed a statue be built representing liberty for the United States.
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Samuel Gompers founds the AFL whilst eager to give mutual support and focused on gaining the rights to bargain collectively for wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions
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an act passed by congress, it helped make railroads the first industrial subject to federal regulation.
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This act authorized the president to break up reservation land into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. even with the land held in common by members of a tribe.
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an act that had the first measure taken by congress that outlawed monopolistic practices & businesses.
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Historian Turner believed that the strength and vitality of the America identity lay in its land and vast frontier.
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A ruling in the supreme court case upheld Louisiana state law that allowed for equal but separate accommodations for white and colored races.