Events
End of the Civil WarLincoln gets shot and leniant Democrat Johnson takes over13th AmmendmentKKK formationMilitary Reconstruction Act places the south into martial lawBlack Codes being passed in the south to keep the African Americans in psuedo-slaveryCongress attempts to impeach JohnsonBy now all states have been readmitted to the unionRailroad strikes, federal troops are sent ot keep the peacePanic of 1973 lands North America and some of Europe into a depression until 1879The disputed election lead to the comprimise of 1877 marking the end of reconstructionRepublican Rutherford B Hayes is controversially elected to officePresident James Garfield is shot and would alter die of his woundsRepublican James Garfield takes office as PresidentChester Arthur takes over from Garfield pledging to continue his policy of reformPendleton Civil Service Reform act makes 14% of federal jobs decided by competetive examinationDemocrat Grover Cleveland enters office for his first termSherman Anti-trust act to stop companies operating over state linesBy this point 80% of Chicago and NYC's population are 1st or 2nd gen immigrantsBy this point immigrant worker make up 50% of manafacturing labourChinese exclusion act bans chinese immigrationThe first transcontinental railroad is finished built by mainly chinese immigrantsJD Rockefeller sets up Standard Oil in OhioCarnegie introduces the British Bessemer converter making steel cheaper and faster to make14th Amendment passed making the civil rights bill into a permenent part of the constitution15th Amendment passed protecting African-American voting rightsCivil Rights Act gives basic civil rights to African-AmericansFreedman's Bureau established to support freed slaves with education and healthcareRepublican Benjamin Harrison is elected presidentWhisky Ring scandal exposed damaging Grant's reputationSalary Grab Act is passed and later withdrawn due to outcry
The act would have given pay rises to Congress and the PresidentStart of the Great Sioux War with the Sioux Native American Tribe that were nearly wiped outMassacre at Wounded Knee killed 300 Native Americans including 200 women and childrenAlaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2millionThe US aquires the uninhabited Midway Islands in the Pacific oceanThe Dominican Republic offered itself for colonisation but was denied by the Senate seeing them as "savages"Alabama Claims in which America demanded $2billion from the UK for building confederate ships.
Lead to the Fenian Raids in CanadaJP Morgan sets up his bank JP Morgan & CoKnights of Labour foundedMcCormick Harvester Works strike leads to violence and the death of many protesters to the hands of policeHaymarket Bomb Outrage leads to the fall of the Knights of Labour and the death of many protestersAlien Contract Labour Law bans foreign contract labour
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