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Homestead Act
A law where people could own land with a 5 year establishment -
Transcontinental railroad completed
A ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. -
Industrialization Begins to Boom
A time period when the U.S starts to blossom with its new creation and population. -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
It was the main local political machine of the Democratic Party, and played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics and helping immigrants -
Telephone invented
A telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. -
Gilden Age
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth -
Reconstruction Ends
Ended the remnants of Confederate secession and abolished slavery, making the newly freed slaves citizens with civil rights ostensibly -
Light Bult invented
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated until it glows. -
3rd Wave of Immigration
brought over 20 million European immigrants to the United States -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Pendleton Act
The Pendleton Act provided that Federal Government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that Government employees be selected through competitive exams -
Dawes Act
An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations -
Interstate Commerce Act
Is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry -
Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
is an article written by Andrew Carnegie that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich. -
Klondike Gold Rush
was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Homestead Steel Labor Strike
An industrial lockout and strike which culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents -
Pullman Labor Strike
was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law.
