This document provides a timeline of key events and terms in US history from 1830 to 1931. Some of the highlights include: - In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed, giving settlers 160 acres of land out west. - The first transcontinental railroad was under construction in 1863. - In the late 1800s, many social reforms and workers' unions emerged such as the Grange, Collective Bargaining, and the Cigar Makers Union. - The Gilded Age followed the Civil War and Reconstruction era in the late 1800s. - The early 1900s saw many innovations including the Wright Brothers' first flight and George Westinghouse receiving an award for his alternating

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By: Cameron Allison

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Homesteader, name
given to somebody
that took congresses
offer.
In 1862 congress The first Sand Creek Massacre,
Sweat Shop, the passed the Homestead Transcontinental in 1864 over 150
practices of small and Act. This gave the Railroad was under helpless women and
dangerous work head of the household construction. The children were killed
rooms. the opportunity to get 1776 mile long track when the US Army
160 acres of land out was now under attacked the tribe.
west. Many African construction in 1863
Americans took this
offer post war.
1830 1862 1863 1864
Exoduster, name given
to African Americans
that took congresses
offer, which gave
them 160 acres of land
out west.
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3. Gorge Pullman invents
the sleeping car for a
train.
Name given to Oliver
Kelley organization.
They were called
Grange.
Oliver Kelley started
1866 cowboys would the Patrons of
transport large Husbandry. The
The era of amounts of animal, or
Urbanization. When organization fought
cattle over land. The for reforms in
people start to move trips would last up to 3
from villages to live in education for farm
months. families.
cities.
1865 1866 1867
Buffalo Soldiers are Grange, this was a
men apart of the 10th name given to oliver
Calvary at fort organization that
Leavenworth. wanted reform for
education for farm
families.
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The term Monopoly
was given to John D.
Rockefeller oil
company.
In 1868, Sitting bull, In 1870, John D.
the leader of the Rockefellers oil
Hunkpapa Sioux, company processed
agreed to move to a 2% of the countries
reserve along the oil, with in 10 year
Missouri river. they controlled 90%
1868 1869 1870
Jacob Riis moves to
America to start his
life of social reform
for the slums of
America.
Social Darwinism
emerges in the USA in
1890.
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5. A system were citizens
get paper money
instead of coins.
1871 1872 1873

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Southern Alliance is
started to get rangers
to support and help The invention of the
each other herd telephone expands the
animals. world of
communication.
1874 1875 1876
Alexander Graham
Bell patent his
invention of the
telephone.
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The Gilded Age, the
period of time after the
end of the civil war
and reconstruction
Nez perce, in 1877 the
conflict of the fight of
non treaty.
Socialism, the socialist Dumbbell tenements
labor party of America were being set. The
Thomas Edison tenements changed
was founded in 1877. formed the Edison
spreading the idea of regulations for
Electrical Light apartments sizes
socialism to America Company.
1877 1878 1879
The Northern Alliance
is started to fight for
reform in rail road
transportation system.
Chief Joseph leader of
the Nez perce during
the Nez Perce War.
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1880 the process of
assimilation was
started to be used to
adopt Native
Americans into
American Culture.
1880 is when the
legacy of Wild Bill
Hicklok began. After
1880 he began to
travel around and
performing with
Buffalo Bills Wild
West.
1880 1881 1882
Settlement Houses
was a social reform
that tried to get the
rich and poor more
closely related.
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During the 1884
election many
Republicans were
given the name
Joseph Pulitzer, an Mugwumps for
immigrant that bought supporting the
the New York World. Democratic candidate.
1883 1884 1885

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In 1886 the colored
farmers alliance was
started to help each
other with the rising
cost of farming.
The Soddy Houses.
In 1886, Samuel These houses where
Grover lead the Cigar In 1887, the Dawes build out of blocks and
Makers Union. They Act was passed. The turf. They were small
fought for better goal of the act was to fireproof houses that
hours, pay, and try and Americanize were build out west
conditions. the Native Americans. where no trees were
around to use.
1886 1887 1888
Collective Bargaining,
used to negotiate
better work
conditions, pay, and
hours.
Haymarket Affairs,
refers to the bombings
in chicago.

11. 1890 a ritual where
Native Americans
would do a dance that
they believed would
resurrect dead
warriors.
The Vanderbilt Family In 1890, the us army
builds the Biltmore attacked a group of
house in NC. native Americans and
murdered over 300
women and children.
1889 1890 1891
Grandfather clause, In 1890, Sherman
applies to someone Antitrust Act, the act
that fail the literacy made it legal to make
test. trust that interfered
with the free trade act.

12. 1892 the Omaha
Platform adopted the
formative convention
of the populist party.
1892 Scabs, people Eugene V. Debs, tried
hired to keep the to start to form a union
factories that were that would combine
dealing with union unskilled and skilled
running. They would works.
protect the factory.
1892 1893 1894
Ellis Island opens. The Pullman Strike,
island runs immigrant workers fright when
through a test to get in they got a pay reduce.
to America

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In 1896 the “cross of
gold” speech was
given by William
Bryan.
William McKinley ran
for the presidency in
1896.The republican Ragtime, mix of
party nominated him African American
W.E.B Dubuis, the because of his views spirituals and
first African American on the gold standard. European culture, lead
to receive a doctorate to the Jazz age.
form Harvrd .
1895 1896 1897
William J. Bryan in
1896 gave a speech at
the cross of gold
convention.

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Melting Pot, the term Eugene V. Debs, tried
referring to America to start to form a union
as one big Melting Pot that would combine
Andrew Carnegie sold The wright brothers was generally used in unskilled and skilled
his steel company foe have there first 1908. works.
$480 million. successful flight.
1901 1903 1908 1910

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George Westinghouse
recived the AIEE
Edison Medal for the Jane Adams was the
alternating current first women to be
system. awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize.
1911 1931 Year