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1862 1863 1864
Homestead Act passed trying to entice people to move west.
African Americans who move west from the deep south in conclusion to the Homestead Act. Become known as exodusters.
Sand Creek Massacre happens in the MidWestern part of the USA.
Soddy Homes are popular to farmers.
1861 1865
600 thousand Homesteaders move west with the homestead acts.
William Randolph Hearst is born
18701869
Tammany Hall Democratic political machine in New York City led by Boss Tweed. Oliver Kelly-
Starts the Patrons of Husbandry ,Which give farm families opportunities for social gatherings
1867 18681886
Sitting Bull is Killed by police after that believed he was trying to overthrow the government.
Transcontinental Railroad is completed in Utah
1871 1873 1875
Ellis Island becomes the busiest immigration station in the country.
Greenbacks begin to be issued in the USA
Credit Mobilizer Takes place
Urbanization really begins to shape the country as many families decide to pack their bags and move west.
Andrew Carnegie- relays info that fixes backed up passenger trains.
1872
1876 1878 1880
Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone
Chief Joseph surrenders in the state of Montana
Literacy test comes into law and must be passed to be a US citizen
1877
Poll tax is put into place
Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
Karl Marx comes up with the idea of modern communism
Jim Crow Laws signed into effect.
1883 1885
Robber Barons are becoming very prominate
Ragtime Music is very popular.
1884
Statue of Liberty Cornerstone is laid
1886 1888 1890
William Jennings Bryan deliveres the cross of gold speech
Grange is started in the USA.
Jane Adams starts the first Hull House
Haymarket Affair occurs in Chicago
Ida B. Wells continues to move up social classes
The controversial Ghost Dance begins
1891 1893 1895
Populist party becomes a factor in US politics
William McKinley is elected president of the United States.
Booker T. Washington Speaks for African Americans rights.
Pullman Strike occurs within the largest manufacturer of passenger cars in the USA
Omaha Platform Convention held in Omaha, Nebraska for the Populist party
1901
John D. Rockefeller has an established monopoly in the oil business.
1905
W.E.B. Du bois receives the peace prize.
1908
Segregation is still a major problem in the USA
1910
Mark Twain dies