Kayla DuncanMs. PhairrAPUSH- 1st period16/12/13Chronology Unit V: 1865-19001. 1865 – The Gilded Age was a time of technological advances and extreme poverty. The era of building railroads using transportation connecting the East and West began.2. 1866- The Civil Act of 1866 was introduced by President Johnson to make all men equal and move away from the idea of ​​white supremacy. It did not encourage any discrimination against those of another race or previous servitude.3. 1867 – Oakes Ames and Thomas Durant create a fake construction company and promise to complete the 600-mile transcontinental railroad. This was known as the Credit Mobilier scandal because the government lost a lot of money.4. 1867 – When railroads began raising prices to allow farmers to transport their goods, known farmers suggested the Granger Laws. This made big companies angry because they would lose profits.5. 1867 – William Seward purchases Alaska from Russia for seven million dollars. This was known as Seward's folly.6. 1870 – The establishment of Social Darwinism was born from the idea of ​​a man named Charles Darwin. He coined the phrase “survival of the fittest” to suggest that the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer and anyone can change their destiny.7. 1873 – The Crime of '73 devalued silver and made gold the primary metal in the United States. In a sense it became an unpublished law that most complied with.8. 1874 – The Chautauqua movement is encouraged by Theodore Roosevelt to professionally educate adults. From the movement was born the Chautauqua Institute.9. 1876- The Battle of Little Big Horn (Custer's last stand) was a battle fought between the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian tribes against Colonel George......middle of paper......mers.31. 1896 – In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson Plessy a Creole purchased a ticket to travel first class despite the separate automobile law. He argued that they violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.32. 1898 – The Spanish-American War begins when America tries to help Cuba gain independence from Spain. Cuba had already started revolts against Spain.33. 1898- The Teller Amendment gave current status to American soldiers after the war and allowed the presence of the U.S. military allowing them to govern their own country.34. 1900- In China, around this time, a group of Chinese against the Qing dynasty known as the Boxers started a revolt known as the Boxer Rebellion.35. 1903 – The Platt Amendment denies the annexation of Cuba. This amendment was made after the Spanish-American War and established the relationship between Cuba and America.