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Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre was significant because Indians were massacred so the US could take territory in the Great Plains of Colorado. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1866
The Interstate Commerce Act 1866 was significant because it made sure that railroads charged fair rates to all customers, this was a step in the right direction for equality between races. -
Purchase of Alaska
The Purchase of Alaska was significant because it was an important step for the US to rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region. -
2nd Industrial Revolution
The 2nd Industrial Revolution was significant because it influenced the Gilded Age and was the period where America was becoming more industrial-using steel and railroads, and the economy was rising. -
Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was significant because it was the first global depression brought about by industrial capitalism. -
WCTU
The WCTU was significant because it was the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity." -
RR strike 1877
The RR strike 1877 was significant because it energized the labor movement. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was significant because it was the first federal law and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality. -
Pendleton Act 1881
The Pendleton Act 1881 was significant because it got rid of the "spoils system". -
Grange Movement
The Grange Movement was significant because it helped advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States. -
Interstate Commerce
The Interstate Commerce Act was significant because it caused railroads to be the first industrial subject to federal regulation. -
Dawes Act 1887
The Dawes Act 1887 was significant because it sold Indian territory in exchange for US citizenship. -
Ghost Dance Movement
The Ghost Dance Movement was significant because it was believed to have contributed to Lakota resistance to assimilation under the Dawes Act. -
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
The Sherman Antitrust Act 1890 protected trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies. This was significant because it was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
NAWSA
The NAWSA was significant because it played an important role in passing the 19th Amendment. -
Forest Reserve Act 1891
The Forest Reserve Act 1891 was significant because it allowed the president to set aside land as national forests and this preserved water and other resources for future generations. -
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was significant because it was a serious economic depression and it effected the entire economy and caused political disruption. -
Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike was significant because it a turning point for US labor law. -
Haymarket Bombing
The Haymarket Bombing was significant because after the bombing it increased anti-labour and anti-immigrant sentiment and suspicion of the international anarchist movement, throughout the country. -
US Steel
US Steel was significant because it was a company that mass produced steel for America and the use of steel was turning the US in the direction of industrialization and mass production.
