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Missouri Compromise
This is important because it made Missouri a slave state and all land above 36 Degrees North would be made free. -
Samuel Morse invents the Telegraph
This was important because it made communication in america much faster -
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels created the Communist Manifesto
This was important because many americans rejected these ideas, believing that they threatened the American ideals of free enterprise, private property, and individual liberty. -
Compromise of 1850
This is important because, this made California a free state and the remaining territories would be chosen to be a free or a slave state by popular vote. Also this undid the Missouri Compromise of 1820 -
The American Institute of Architecture
This was important because it gave people a reason to go further in their education. -
Senate Election of 1858
This was important because during the debates between Douglas and Lincoln occured and this it what turned Lincoln from a regular man into a country-wide senseation. -
Raid of Harper's Ferry Begins
This is important because this was the beginning of John Brown's revolt against Slavery -
Raid of Harper's Ferry Ends
This is important because this is when John Brown and his men are captured by American military and the fighting ends. -
Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
This was important because it made people begin to think about how human beings were created. -
Presidental Election of 1860
This was important because Lincoln was elected president by winning 60% of the electoral votes with the north voting for him, -
Abrham Lincoln Elected President
This is important because Lincoln is one of the most well known presidents the United States has ever had. -
Safety Elevator Invented by Elisha Otis
This was important because it made the use of elevators in the cities skyscrapers safer -
The Civil War Begins
This is important because this was a war between the Northern and Southern States in America -
Kansas enters as a Free State
This is important because the attacks in Kansas would end -
Draft Law Passed
This is important because it caused all able bodied men from the age of 18 to 35 to join the union army to help with the war against the south. -
Homestead Act of 1862
This is important because this act made western farmland inexpensive. -
Emancipation Proclamation Declared
This was important because the proclamation made all slaves in rebelling states free. -
13th Amendment Passed
This is important because the 13th Amendment ended slavery in the entire United States. -
Civil War Ends.
This is important because this was the end of the war between the North and The South in the United States. -
Reconstruction of the South Begins
This is important because during the war the northerners destroyed all the factories and farms in the south. They reconstructed it by rebuilding these and this helped the economy grow back to a normal state. -
President Lincoln Assassinated
This is important because his Vice President Johnson took over and passed the 13th amendment. -
Horatio Alger published "Street Life in New York"
This is important because when people read this book they gained hope that they could rise from being poor to getting very wealthy in the United States. -
14th Amendment Passed
This is important because this gave everybody who is born in the United States is automaticly made into a United States Citizen. -
15th Amendment Passed
This is important because this gave voting rights to all male United States citizens. -
The United States Centennial
This is important because we celebrated our countries 100th anniversary. -
Election of 1876
This is important because rutherford B. Hayes won by Tilden offering the presidency only if Hayes removed his troops from the south. -
Thomas Edison invents the Light Bulb
This was extremely important because without the light bulbs invention we would not have modern lighting in our homes. -
Chinese Exclusion Act Passed
This was important because this act made it impossible to emmigrate from china to the United States -
Haymarket Square Protest
This was important becase thousands of workers mounted a national demonstration for an eight-hour workday. and cause serveral strikes to erupted in different cities while fights broke out between strikers and strikebreakers, -
The Interstate Commerce Commission was created
This was important because it started to regulate the ammount of power that wealthy industry leaders had over the people in the United States. -
Electric Cable Streetcar
This was important because it made traveling in the busy cities faster and safer. -
The Sherman Antitrust Act
This was important because it outlawed any trust that operated in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states. -
Homestead Strike
This was important because this started the rise of many more violent revolts in the United States labor industries. -
Ellis Island Created
This was important because it made comming to America and becoming a citizen easier. -
Angel Island used for a immigration station
This was important because they used the island to see if the chinese immigrants would be able to stay in the United States or have to go back to China.