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Homestead Act
The government gave out lad grants to people who asked for it. In the beginning, each person could get up to 160 acres. Since this land was in the plains area, drought caused many people to have to give up their land. -
Morrill Act
This act allowed the creation of land-grant colleges. The purpose of these colleges was to promote agriculture, military, ad other industry classes. -
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Johnson is president
In 1868, Lincoln was assassinated. -
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Grant is President,
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Tweed Ring
Tweed swindled millions of dollars from many people simply to get money off of the people. -
Credit Mobilier scandal
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Panic of 1873
People set to much money in various items, causing the banks to give out risky loans. In turn, everything failed. -
Resumption Act
The gold standard was put into place and greenbacks became the official way of money. -
Battle of Little BIghorn
In this battle, General Custard went to do recon near the Sioux Indians' land. When he found them therre, he commanded his men to head into battle, completely outnumbered. The natives won. -
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Hayes is President
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Compromise of 1877
What it entailed:
-Hayes President
-Remove troops from South
-Democrats get patronage
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Grant is President
Assassinated -
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Arthur is President
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Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese can no longer get into America legally. -
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Cleveland is President, Term 1
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Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad v. Illinois State
The Supreme Court ruled that limited the rights of states to control commerce. It also created the Interstate Commerce Commission. -
Haymarket Square
What began as a peaceful roit, turned into a battlefield of sorts after and unknown person threw dynamite at the police. The people involved were of two different groups: the peaceful strike workers and the anarchists. After this, the National Labor Union fell. -
Interstate Commerce Act
This was designed to regulate railroad prices and especially the monopolies. However, it gave no actualy, useful power to the government so it did nothing. -
Dawes Severalty Act
This act gave the President permission to survey Indian lands and divide them up for individual Indians. -
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B. Harrison is President
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The Battle of Wounded Knee
This is the last big battle of the Indians versus the Americans. In this, the whites were giving goods, such as blankets and food, to the natives when a gun went off. It sparked a battle and everyone but a few died. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This act was meant to regulate monopolies. This was meant to encourage competition but also limit the amount. -
Homestead Strike
At the Homestead steel plant, workers went on strike over pay cuts. There was a lot of fighting and left ten people dead with sixty wounded. -
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Cleveland is President, Term 2
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Depression of 1893
Lasted four years. Caused because of overbuilding, labor disorderes, and agricultural depressions. Free silver hurt. -
Panic of 1893
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Pullman Strike
This was a strike from the American Railway Union near Chigaco. The workers struck the Pullman Palace Car Company. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled that it was legal for blacks to be "separate but equal." -
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McKinley is President
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Gold Standard Act
Established that Gold was the only way to redeem paper money, which stopped the use of silver.