Timeline 1865-1895

1. American History 2
Timeline
LuAnna Nesbitt
Coach Buck
American History 2 H
February 5, 2015

2. 1800’s
Longdrive was an
overland transport
of the animals
that lasted about
three months.
Settlement Houses
were community
centers in slum
neighborhoods that
provided assistance
to people in the
area, ran mainly by
women.
Melting Pot was a
mixture of people of
different cultures and
races who blended
together by abandoning
their native languages
and customs. People
became upset about
having to forget their
native lifestyles.
1814
Angel Island was an
immigration station
located in San
Francisco Bay where
mostly Asian
immigrants passed
through to enter
the U.S.
1837
Wild Bill Hickok
during the Civil
War served as a spy
and scout and,
later, served as a
marshal in Abilene,
Kansas

3. 1840
Chief Joseph was the
leader of the
Wallowa band of the
Nez Perce tribe in
Oregon. Tried to
lead his people to
Canada, but ended up
living on a
reservation.
1849
Jacob Riis used
photography and
journalism to help
the impoverished
part of New York,
and spread
awareness of the
conditions.
1850s
Fredrick Law Olmstead
was an American
landscape architect,
journalist, social
critic, and public
administrator, who
helped design and
creat Central Park and
many other nature
areas in cities.
Urbanization is the
growth of cities
mostly in the
regions of the
northwest and
midwest. This was
transforming
America in all
categories.

4. 1860’s
Homesteader was a
settler under the
homestead act.
Tammany Hall was
New York City’s
most powerful
democratic
political machine,
and had a large
role in controlling
NYC.
1862
The Homestead Act
was passed by
congress to offer
free land to any
citizen who was
head of a
household.
Exoduster was an
African American who
moved from the South
because of post-
reconstruction, to
Kansas, to live out
their new lives.
1864
Sand Creek Massacre
took place when 700
government men
marched into a
peaceful village of
Cheyenne indians and
killing many of the
indians.
Greenback was
a paper
currency used
as money to
help reverse
the outcome
of civil war.
Sitting Bull
was the
leader of the
Hunkpapa
Lacota Tribe,
and is known
for his
battle at
Little
Bighorn.

5. 1865
Scabs were hired by
strikebreakers to
replace the workers
who went on strike
against the Union.
1867
Oliver Kelley
is considered
the Father of
the patrons of
husbandry.
1868
Buffalo Soldiers
were originally
members of the U.
S. 10th Cavalry
Regiment.
1869
Gilded Age was the
time between the
Civil War and World
War 1 during which
the U.S population
and economy grew
quickly.
1870
Graft was political
corruption where a
politician used their
authority for
personal gain.
Political Machine
was a politically
organized group who
commands other
businesses to
support them and
then they will
receive rewards.
Transcontinental Railroad
was a railroad line
connecting the Western
Pacific side of the U.S to
the already built line of
the East. The meeting point
was in Utah.
Grange was
created for
isolated
farmers as a
forum for
education and a
place to
socialize.

6. 1870’s
Great plains
was the
grasslands
extending
through the
West-Central
area of the
U.S
George Armstrong
Custer was a Colonel
that reported the
Black Hills had gold
“from the grassroots
down,” and brought
out the Gold Rush,
but he and his men
were killed at the
Battle of Little
Bighorn
National Farmer’s
Alliance was an
organization that
supported the
government to regulate
the trade industry,
establish income tax
and to ease the
repayment of debts.
Monopoly was having
one supplier for a
company/business,
creating complete
control over the
production, wages,
and prices for that
certain business.
Colored Farmer’s
Alliance was the
same thing as
NFA but for
African
Americans only.

7. 1870
George Westinghouse
was an entrepreneur
and engineer who
competed in the
electricity system
against Thomas Edison.
Patronage was when
an organization or
individual
supports another
through aid and
encouragement.
Helped bring other
out of debt and
money struggles.
1871
Tweed Ring ran by
William “Boss”
Tweed, was a small
gathered group of
men who controlled
NYC’s finances.
1876
Battle of Little
Bighorn was a
battle between
the Lakota tribe,
and the 7th
Cavalry Regiment,
lead by George
Armstrong Custer.
1879
Dumbbell Tenements was
open air windows in
apartment complexes
that provided fresh air
to accommodate new
European immigrants.
Kickbacks were illegal
payments to the
political machines
which would help a
worker “kick back” a
portion of their
earnings.
Civil Service
was the
employment of
citizens based
on their
professional
merits,
excluding
judicial and
military
branches.

8. 1880’s
Assimilation is when a
group of people’s
language and culture
starts to form to a
new culture that they
are living in.
1884
Mugwumps were
Republican
political activists
who switched
parties because of
their dislike to
financial
corruption.
1886
Southern Alliance
had banned
African
Americans from
membership of
the organization
for farmers.
1887
Dawes Act was passed
in hopes to
“Americanize” the
Native Americans,
and to assimilate
assimilation.
1889
Jane Addams was a
leader in women's
suffrage, and
took a big part
in cleaning up
Slums. She tried
her best to help
poverty stricken
communities.
A Soddy is a home
built from prairie
grass, and was very
popular in the West.
Samuel Gompers
was the leader
of the Cigar
Makers
International
Union, and led
them to join
other craft
unions.

9. 1890’s
Ghost Dance was a
ritual Sioux
indians performed
to restore their
ways of life, and a
peaceful end to
white restoration.
Was ended brutally.
Longhorns were cattle
imported by spanish
colonists into America,
who were accustomed for
dry grasslands. A
sturdy, and easy breed.
Collective bargaining
was a negotiation
between two employers
to settle agreements
and regulate the
working conditions of
the time.
Eugene V. Debs
founder of
Industrial
Workers of the
World,created new
unions, and was a
very well know
socialists.
1890
Wounded Knee was
the battle
between the 7th
Cavalry Regiment
and Sioux indians
that brought the
indian war and
the entire era to
an end.
Sherman Antitrust
Act made forming a
trust between
states or within
different
countries for free
trade illegal.
Bimetallism was a money
system where the
government would, in
exchange for paper
currency, give citizens
gold or silver.
Sweatshops were
workshops
where workers
worked long
hours, on very
low wages,
with hazardous
conditions.

10. 1901
John D. Rockefeller
founded Standard Oil
Company, and helped the
railroad system to
boom. In 1901, he began
to lose his hair due to
the condition,
alopecia.
Standard Oil Company
used trusts to their
best interest, which
was when one company
turned their stock over
to a group of trustees.
Socialism is a
social and
economic system
that is defined by
the means of
production and
economy
management.
Ellis Island was the
United States
busiest immigration
station in upper NY,
which mainly
imported European
immigrants.
1896
Cross of Gold
Speech was given by
Williams Bryan at
the democratic
convention, in
which he presented
his support of
bimetallism.
William Jennings
Bryan was an
American
Politician and
had a big part in
the populist wing
of the Democratic
party, also known
for his speech
“Imperialism”.
William
McKinley was
the 25th
president
that led the
nation to
victory in
the Spanish -
American War.