US history events 1863-1917

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  • Henry Bessemer revolutionizes steel

    Henry Bessemer revolutionizes steel

    Reduced the price of steel
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Freedom from slavery
  • End of Civil War

    End of Civil War

    The end of civil war.
  • Standard oil company john d Rockefeller

    Standard oil company john d Rockefeller

    This started a oil monopoly
  • Alexander graham bell- telephone

    Alexander graham bell- telephone

    Alexander made the first telephone
  • Great Strike of 1877

    Great Strike of 1877

    People striked and 1000 people went to jail.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison made the photograph
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    This made the Chinese work for America.
  • Ellis island opened

    Ellis island opened

    Ellis island opened for people moving to the US.
  • Haymarket Affair

    Haymarket Affair

    The aftermath of a attack to which started off as a peaceful rally or protest which has gone violent.
  • Statue of Liberty unveiled

    Statue of Liberty unveiled

    The Statue of Liberty was built.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    This reduced economic competition and has gotten trade involved
  • Plessy vs Ferguson

    Plessy vs Ferguson

    This was a case were Plessy and Ferguson battled in court about slavery to which did not stop slavery but tuned it down a bit.
  • Tenements

    Tenements

    People were placed in apartments that rarely met safety protocol
  • Roosevelts square deals

    Roosevelts square deals

    This made safety protocols involving food and medicine
  • Pan American exposition

    Pan American exposition

  • The jungle

    The jungle

    The book about health code violations.
  • Dollar diplomacy

    Dollar diplomacy

  • Angel island opened

    Angel island opened

  • Federal Reserve Act of 1913

    Federal Reserve Act of 1913

  • 16th and 17th Amendments

    16th and 17th Amendments

  • Moral Diplomacy

    Moral Diplomacy

  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    Clayton Antitrust Act

  • National Park Service

    National Park Service

  • US Enters World War 1

    US Enters World War 1