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Lincoln reveals "ten percent plan"John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln
Congress establishes Freedman's Bureau
13th amendment ratifiedCongress passes Civil Rights ActRadical Republicans pass Military Reconstruction ActCongress moves to impeach Johnson
14th amendment ratified15th amendment ratifiedRutherford B. Hayes defeats Samuel Tilden in contested presidential electionCompromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction and results in Hayes's presidencyCalifornia Gold Rush beginsHomestead and Pacific Railway Act encourage Western expansion
Dakota War foughtTranscontinental Railroad finishedBarbed wire inventedBattle of Little Bighorn foughtChinese Exclusion Act passedDawes Severalty Act divides Indian tribal landsJohn D. Rockefeller founds standard oilAndrew Carnegie founds Carnegie steel
Panic of 1873 triggers depressionAlexanders Graham Bell patents telephoneGreat Railroad strike lasts 47 daysThomas Edison invents the lightbulbLabor rally at Haymarket square erupts in violence
American Federation of Labor is foundedHomestead steel strikeProfessional baseball begins with the founding of the National LeagueChicago builds first ten story skyscraperFrank Sprague invents electric trolleyJane Addams opens Hull House in ChicagoJacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives
Carnegie Hall opens in New YorkCity Beautiful movement beginsConey Island amusement park opensMark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner publish The Gilded AgeCharles Guitreau assassinates President James GarfieldCongress passes Pendleton Civil Service ActPopulist Party emerges out of Farmers' Alliance movementCoxey's Army marches on Washington
Pullman Strike paralyzes railroad trafficWilliam McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan for president
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