2. 600 thousand
Homesteaders
move west with the
homestead acts.
Soddy
Homes are
popular to
farmers.
1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
Homestead William
African Americans Sand Creek
Act passed who move west Randolph
Massacre happens
trying to entice from the deep south Hearst is born in the MidWestern
in conclusion to the part of the USA.
people to move Homestead Act.
west. Become known as
exodusters.
3. Tammany Hall
Democratic political
machine in New
York City led by
Oliver Kelly- Boss Tweed.
Starts the
Patrons of
Husbandry
,Which give
farm families
opportunities
for social
gatherings
1886 1867 1868 1869 1870
Sitting Bull Transcontinenta
l Railroad is
is Killed by completed in
police after Utah
that believed
he was trying
to overthrow
the
government.
4. Urbanization
really begins to
shape the country Credit Greenbacks
as many families Mobilizer begin to be
decide to pack
their bags and Takes place issued in the
move west. USA
1871 1872 1873 1875
Andrew
Carnegie- Ellis Island
relays info becomes
that fixes the busiest
backed up immigration
passenger station in
trains. the country.
5. Jim Crow
Laws signed Poll
into effect.
tax is
Thomas put into
Edison
invents the
place
lightbulb
1876 1877 1878 1880
Alexander Chief Karl Marx
Literacy comes up
Graham Bell Joseph
Invents the surrenders test with the
Telephone in the state comes idea of
of Montana into law modern
and must communis
be passed m
to be a
US citizen
6. 1883 1884 1885
Robber Statue of
Barons Liberty Ragtime
are Cornerstone Music
is laid is very
becoming
very popular.
prominate
7. Jane Adams
starts the first
Hull House
Grange is Ida B.
started in Wells
the USA. continues to
move up
social
classes
1886 1888 1890
William The
controversial
Jennings
Ghost Dance
Bryan begins
deliveres
the cross of
gold Haymarket
speech Affair
occurs in
Chicago
8. Booker T.
Washington
Speaks for
African
Populist
Americans
party rights.
becomes a
factor in US
politics
1891 1893 1895
Pullman William
Strike occurs McKinley
Omaha within the
Platform largest is elected
Convention manufacturer president
held in of passenger
Omaha, of the
cars in the
Nebraska for USA United
the Populist States.
party
9. Mark
John D. Rockefeller
Twain
has an established
monopoly in the oil
dies
business.
1901 1905 1908 1910
W.E.B. Du bois Segregation is still a major
problem in the USA
receives the peace
prize.
