5. 1870, 15th Amendment gives blacks right to vote. 6. 1870 Robert E. Lee dies, October 12. 7. The 1870’s saw increasing belligerence by Native Americans as more and more of their land was taken away by white migration. Now settlers were coming not only from the east but from the populated areas of the west and southwest.

US History 1870 - 1900 PDF Image Zoom Out West Events Happening in the Western Front of the United States. Hunters Begin to Decimate Bison Herds 1870 - 1880 ... 1870 - 1884 % complete The Brooklyn Bridge,one of the earliest and largest suspension bridges of its time, was a symbol of American ingenuity and immigration. ...

Events in History. Feb 3 US state of Iowa ratifies the 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races & colour. Mar 30 15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race. Sep 19 Siege of Paris by Prussian Forces begins (lasts until January 28 1871)

Apr 24, 2021 · 1870: Thomas Nast, the star political cartoonist of Harper's Weekly, began a campaign of lampoon the corrupt "ring" that secretly ran New York City.Nast's biting depictions of the Tweed Ring helped bring down Boss Tweed.; February 3, 1870: The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave the right to vote to Black men, became law when the required …

1887 AD Interstate Commerce Act Passed- On February 4, President Cleveland signed into law the first bill regulating the railroads. The act, which called. for just and equal rates, also limited pooling (secret pacts between railroads). This measure received broad support in the Congress.

1870: Missouri was the 21st state to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" on January 10, 1870. The amendment went into effect on March 30, 1870. 1870: Lemma Barkeloo enrolled with the …

Nov 11, 2019 · This trend became fully realized in the 1870s, with the focus of clothing concentrated at the back, as skirts projected backwards and fell flat against the body in the front. The decade saw two distinct silhouettes in womenswear, both maintaining the focus on the back of the skirt. The first silhouette of the decade began in 1870; the great ...

Mar 21, 1981 · Founded in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction -era ...

Aug 21, 2020 · 1870: The Worst. Year. Ever. The James River crested 24 feet and 9 inches above flood stage on Sept. 30, 1870, flooding Main Street. (Photo courtesy The Valentine) While 2020 isn’t yet done with us, the year is destined for the record books as one of Richmond’s most difficult, although another year — pandemics excepted — comes close ...

The National Weather Service issues its first weather forecast on November 1, 1870. The forecast warns of a windy day in Chicago, IL. "The Great Chicago Fire" begins October 8, 1871. President Ulysses S. Grant signs legislation designating Yellowstone the first national park on March 1, 1872. The Jesse James Gang conduct the first successful ...

1870-1900: Industrial Development. After the Civil War, the United States rapidly transformed into an industrial, urbanized nation. Technological innovation, economic growth, development of large-scale agriculture, and the expansion of the federal government characterized the era, as did the social tensions brought about by immigration ...

The history of the United States Marine Corps ( USMC) begins with the founding of the Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and foreign policy of the United States.