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Fasttrack to America's Past
Section 6:  The Gilded Age
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Timeline: The Gilded Age in American history 1865 to 1900



 
 

Dates for the events shown:
Civil War ends - 1865
Typewriter invented - 1867
Transcontinental R.R. opens - 1869 
Boss Tweed exposed - 1871  (convicted 1873)
Susan B. Anthony's illegal vote - 1872
Carnegie's steel company begins - 1873
Telephone invented - 1876
Light bulb invented - 1879
Standard Oil Trust started - 1882
A.F. of L. forms - 1886
Dawes Act - 1887
Kodak camera invented - 1888
Sherman Antitrust Act - 1890
Populist Party begins - 1892
Plessy v. Ferguson - 1896
Spanish-American War - 1898

 
 
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