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Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1875
Learn about the Civil Rights Act of 1875 that extended the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Jim Crow Laws
Learn about the Jim Crow Laws, Southern laws that legalized segregation.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Panic of 1873
Learn about the Panic of 1873, a serious six-year long economic crisis that led to riots, strikes and civil unrest.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Molly Maguires
Learn about the Molly Maguires, a secret society of Irish coal miners in Pennsylvania who led the 'Long Strike of 1875' which resulted in 20 members being unjustly hanged for murder.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Knights of Labor
Learn interesting details about the Knights of Labor, the first major American labor union to be established.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Whiskey Ring Scandal
Learn all about the Whiskey Ring Scandal, a conspiracy of distillers to bribe government officials and to defraud the government of the excise taxes on liquor during Grant's administration.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Transcontinental Railroad
Details about the world's First Transcontinental Railroad that was built between 1863 and 1869 to join the Atlantic coast with the Pacific coast.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Enforcement Acts
The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was to implement and extend the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution to all citizens and protect ex-slaves from violence carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Reconstruction Era
Covers the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War from 1865-1877.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Ulysses S Grant
Facts, biography, and accomplishments of the life of Ulysses Grant and summaries of important events during his presidency.