US History 1865-1920

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  • Bessemer Process

    this invention was a cheaper way to for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron.
  • Discovery of gold in Pikes Peak

    Discovery of gold in Pikes Peak
  • Homestead Act

    The US wanted more settlements in the west so they gave head of households 160 acres for a small fee and they had to live on it for 5 years.
  • Morrill Land grant act

    statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in America
  • Transcontinental r/r completed

    Transcontinental r/r completed
  • Carlisle school established

    native american boarding school.
  • Thomas edison invents light bulb

    Thomas Edison invents light bulb
  • Chinese exclusion act

    a 10 year ban on chinese immigrants into america.
  • Edison lights up NYC

    The Pearl Street power station was powered on giving 100s of homes electricity.
  • American federation of labor founded

    gives the right to bargain for wages and working conditions
  • Interstate commerce act passed

    allowed congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among states.
  • Dawes act

    gave land to native americans
  • Statue of Liberty built

    Statue of Liberty built
  • Jacob Riis published his book of photos

    Jacob Riis published his book of photos
    which included shots of people living in tenant housing which had abhorrent conditions.
  • Sherman ant-trust act passed

    outlaws monopolies
  • Wounded knee massacre

    the slaughtering of native americans.
  • Fredrick Jackson Turner writes essay of settling the west

    Fredrick Jackson Turner writes essay of settling the west
  • Pullman strike

    a railroad workers strike
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    the supreme court rules that racial segregation laws did not violate the constitution ¨separate but equal¨
  • Holden v hardy

    a labor law putting a limitations on working hours for miners and smelters.
  • Newlands Reclamation act

    they wanted more irigated land so they put dams on all major western rivers
  • Founding of the NAACP

    the national association for the advancement of colored people. it was a civil liberty group wanting to advance protection for them.
  • Battle of little bighorn

    fight over land between native Americans and white people.