Post 10 of the most important events in the decade assigned. Explain each briefly (descriptively and in context of other events, individuals and issues of that time).
1870-The 15th amendment guarantees that no male citizen will be deprived of the right to vote because of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
1872-Yellowstone National Park is established for the enjoyment of the public.
1873-The United States experiences an economic depression, as over 5,000 companies go out of business after a stock market panic. The rapid settlement of the West, after railroads are built there, helps make the American buffalo almost extinct.
1876 -United States celebrates 100 years as a nation.
·Big business moves Americans into the second industrial revolution ·American society led by Mrs. J.J. Astor, grand dame of New York social scene ·Philanthropy grows ·The great fire of Chicago ·First public telephones ·John D. Rockefeller founds Standard Oil Company ·U.S. General Amnesty Act pardons ex-Confederates ·First American zoo is established in Philadelphia
What about the Black Codes or the Jim Crow Laws. Those played a major role in the process of reconstruction, limiting many freed african americans their rights.
1870 - With Brigham Young's support, the Utah territorial legislature grants women the right to vote, providing the Mormons with an added margin of political power.
1872 - Arbor Day (April 10) is celebrated for the first time in near-treeless Nebraska.
1873 - Cable cars are introduced in San Francisco.
1876 - Colorado enters the Union.
1877 - The last Federal troops withdraw from the South, bringing the Reconstruction era to an end.
