Events leading up to the Spanish American War
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1863 | the Homestead Act became a law allowing settlers to claim 160 acres of land after they have lived there for five years |
| 1865 | the 13th Amendment is ratified prohibiting slavery |
| 1865 | Lincoln is succeeded by A. Johnson |
| 1865 | A. Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth |
| 1867 | US buys Alaska from Russia |
| 1868 | 14th Amendment is ratified stating all people born in the US are citizens |
| 1868 | President Johnson is impeached but acquitted at this trail |
| 1869 | Transcontinental railroad is joined and created |
| 1869 | Grant is inaugurated as the 18th President |
| 1870 | 15th Amendment is ratified giving blacks the right to vote |
| 1871 | Chicago fire |
| 1872 | Credit Mobilier scandal breaks |
| 1873 | Grant's second inauguration |
| 1876 | Custard's Last Stand |
| 1877 | first telephone line is built and was installed in the White House the next year |
| 1877 | Hayes is inaugurated |
| 1881 | Arthur is inaugurated |
| 1881 | Garfield is shot |
| 1881 | Garfield is inaugurated |
| 1882 | Standard time is adopted |
| 1885 | Cleveland is inaugurated |
| 1886 | American Federation of Labor is organized |
| 1886 | Statue of Liberty is given to the US |
| 1890 | Wounded Knee Massacre and west was officially settled |
| 1890 | National American Suffrage Association is founded |
| 1890 | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| 1892 | Ellis Island becomes chief immigration station of US |
| 1893 | Cleveland is second inauguration |
| 1896 | Plessy vs Ferguson |
| 1897 | McKinley is inaugurated |
| 1898 | Spanish American War |
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