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The Wilmont Proviso called for a ban on slavery in any territory that the United States gained from Mexico as a result of the war.
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The free soil party wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Martin Van Buren was a candidatein election of 1848 but did not get enough votes
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California was admitted as a free state but in the other territory aquired from Mexico,voters would decide the slavery issue themselves
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the elevators allowed buildings to be taller and more complex, giving architects free freedom for building their buildings
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was published and was verry influential about antislavery. This angered Southerners
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It divided the Nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska
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This institute professionalized the practice of architecture and it emerged as a specialized career
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Rowland H. Macy opened the department store in NY of Macys and was the single largest store in america
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The first oil well was built in Titusvile, Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake
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Charles Darwin publishes the Origin of Species, arguing that animals evolved by a process of "natural selection"
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Lincoln wins the election of 1860.
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The legislature of SC votes to secede because the South felt like they had no voice in the national government.
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Seven states had seceded to establish the Confederate States of America.
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South Carolinians orders the Fort Sumter garrison to surrender. The North refuses and the Confederates fire on the fort.
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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Confederate forces attacks the North. They failed at the Battle of Gettysburg when they are defeated by Ulysses S. Grant.
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President Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
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The 13th Amendment is passed and abolishes slavery in the United States.
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Granted fully citizenship status and rights to everyone born in the U.S. including African Americans.
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The Knights of Labor was a labor union.
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Guaranteed the no male citzen could be denied the right to vote on the basis of race.
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The number of corporations in America increase rapidly.
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Left many people homeless and killed many. this was the scare they needed to develop professional firefighting teams
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The railroad strikes took place due to cuts in worker's wages.
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his newspapers soon became popular because they were so different form what was usually found
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Immigrants were flooding into the United States after the Civil War, they were pushed from their homeland by factors such as political upheaval, religious discrimination, and crop failures
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The act prohibited immigration by Chineese laborers
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The Brooklyn bridge is the first suspension bridge to be completed.
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Lamarcus Thompson opened the first rollercoaster. it costed 10 cents a ride and made 600 dollars per day in income
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Many workers go on strike in multiple cities to fight for an 8 hour work day.
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The AFL is formed by Samuel Gompers
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The U.S. Senate created the ICC to oversee railroad operations.
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Started in Richmond, Virginia, this was the beginning of a transportation revolution known as Mass Transit
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The Senate passes the Sherman Antitrust Act
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Immigrants had to be healthy, have money and a skill in order to enter the USA
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Guglielmo Marconi invents the wrieless telegraph. Future inventors build on this invention in developing the radio.
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A court case rulee that chineese people born in america were US citizens. However, many immigration officials ignored the ruling
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these shows introduced musical drama, songs, and comedy that provided cheap etnertainment in the larger cities
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Immigrants begin to go to Angel Island instead of Ellis Island