The document provides information on several historical events, people, and developments from the 1860s to early 1900s in the United States. It discusses topics like the Homestead Act of 1862 that encouraged western expansion, important figures like Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Edison, the rise of big business monopolies and "robber barons", and events surrounding the Gilded Age and growth of industrialization. The information is presented briefly in a timeline format spanning over 40 years of American history.

1. Tis ha M rio n
a
Co a c h Buc k
3 rd Pe rio d

2. Andrew
Carnegie-
From 1862 to 1900
Scottish immigrant
nearly 600,000 that worked his
families took way up through
Soddy H es-
om
advantage of the society and
House made of eventually owned
Homestead Act
stacks of prairie the Carnegie Steel
and moved West.
turf. Animals Company which at
These families were
borrowed in them one point
known as manufactured
but the houses
H esteaders.
om nearly all of the
were fireproof and
worlds steel.
cheap to make.
1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
African Americans
H estead Act
om known as Sand Creek
passed with “Exodusters” move M assacre occurs
congress offering west from the deep in the great plains
160 acres in the south in conclusion region as U.S.
west to families to the Homestead troops are ordered
willing to move out Act. by General S.R.
there Curtis to slaughter
a tribe of Cheyenne
Indians for
returning to their
old reservation.

3. Tam any H
m all-
Democratic
political machine
Oliver K elly- in New York City
Started the Patrons led by Boss Tweed.
of Husbandry to Overcharged
give farm families taxpayers for
social outlets and projects
gatherings and throughout the city
farmers co-op. so they could gain
some profit.
1886 1867 1868 1869 1870
B uffalo S oldiers-
Name given to the Sitting B Leader
ull- P atronage-
all black regiments of the Hunkpapa Since the
of the U.S. Calvary. Sioux tribe. Killed by beginning of the
Name was invented police after that 19th century
by the native believed he was presidents had
Americans tribes organizing a group of complained
they fought. Indians to overthrow about the
the police and problem of giving
government government jobs
to people who
had helped a
candidate get
elected.

4. Urbanization-
There was a Greenbacks-
sudden growth in Political party
population of the Credit Mobilier- established in 1874
large cities as A scandal in 1872 that supported the
people moved there which the Union production and use
to live for cheaper. Pacific Railway of government
sold stock to issued currency.
politicians in
return for favors.
1871
1873 1875
Andrew Carnegie-
Single handedly
E Island-
llis Long Drive-
relayed messages
Immigration Cowboys
that unsnarled a
station in New transported cattle
tangle of freight
York City. One of over a 3 month trek
and passenger
the largest stations selling some of
trains. He was the
in the U.S.. Mostly them along the
first industrial
Europeans passed way.
moguls to make his
through here.
own fortune.
Immigrants had to
pass a series of
health exams to be
admitted into the
country.

5. Thom E as dison-
Famous inventor
and developer of Nez P erce- tribe of native
the first research Americans in the pacific
lab. He also northwest. The tribe battled
developed the light but eventually surrendered to
bulb and spreading the US Calvary in 1877
electricity marking the somewhat end to
throughout the battles between natives and
nation. the US government.
1876
1877
Alexander Telephone- Device Chief Joseph-
Graham B ell- invented to verbally leader of the Nez
Inventor of the speak with someone Perce tribe that
telephone a long distance away surrendered to the
through a headset. US in Montana.
George E astm American
an-
inventor that invented the
Kodak camera, a camera using
flexible film that could easily
be unloaded and the pictures
be developed

6. K M
arl arx- German
Philosopher that
opposed socialism
and communism. He
believed the working
class and poor should
help control society
this method was
known a Marxism.
1878 1880 1881
P tax-
oll
Literacy Test-
Requirement to J Crow L
im aws-
There were many
voters stating they Segregation laws
voting restrictions
had to pay an passed to deny
in the period of
annual tax in order African Americans of
time. Most states
to vote. Most their rights and
denied blacks the
blacks were too separate them from
right to vote . Some
poor to afford this whites.
states even
required a literacy
test to see how
well someone could
read which would
determine if they
could vote or not.

7. Gilded Age- Era of W illiam R andolph
post civil war time H earst- Wealthy
that saw a rapid of businessman that
growth in the owned multiple
economy and major newspapers
population. One of and printed
the biggest jumps exaggerated tales
in American to attract readers.
History.
1883 1885
R agtim - A style of music
e
that combined African
Americans spiritual tunes and
R obber Baron-
European which was loud and
Term used for
promoted dancing freely. This
wealthy
lead to many other types of
businessmen who
music.
unethically and
immorally obtained
their wealth.

8. H aym arket Affair-
In an 1886 worker
strike in Chicago
an unknown Graft- Illegal use of
person threw a political influence to
dynamite bomb at make money.
a police force Politicians would
killing 8 people. overcharge for
projects.
1886 1888
W illiam Jennings Grange- Also
B ryan- Nebraska known as Patrons
Congressman that of Husbandry.
delivered the Made to set up
famous “cross of coops and support
gold speech” and railroad conditions J Adam most
ane s-
also ran for to rural farm prominent
President in the communities. reformer of the era
democrats in 1896. that helped turn
focus to the care of
children and
welfare.

9. Vaudeville- A
Plessy vs. very popular
Ferguson- U.S. theaters in which
Supreme court people of all ages
decision that rules could go watch a
that separation of play or show or an
blacks in public act for
places was legal. entertainment.
1895 1896 1898
W illiam M ail-order catalog- Business Debt P eonage- A system that
M inley-
cK began offering goods to customers forcing workers, mainly
Republican through a catalog in which the US Mexicans, into slavery in
nominee for mail system would ship the good order to pay off their debt to
President in 1896 to every single home. This was a an employer.
who supported the major stepping stone and very
gold system for the popular.
early parts of his
campaign. Won
presidency as the
25th president.

10. W .B Dubois-
.E .
First African
American to
receive a
John D. R ockefeller- doctorate at the
Established an oil university of
company, joined with Harvard
competing companies and
trust agreements.
1900 1901 1905
Orville and M onopoly- United
W ilbur W right- States of Steel was
American inventor one of the most
s that invented the common
first powered companies to form
aircraft which a monopoly.
successfully took
flight in 1903. This
was the birth of the
“Airplane”

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