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1870 - Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia are readmitted to the union; 1871 – Great Chicago Fire; 1871 – Treaty of Washington with the British Empire regarding Canada; 1871 - The New York Times published evidence of Tweed's rampant greed. 1871 - Civil Service Reform Act passes; 1871 - Ku Klux Klan Act; 1872 – Yellowstone National ...
From 1860 to 1870 Fulton County (of which Atlanta was the county seat) more than doubled in population, from 14,000 to 33,000. In a pattern seen across the South, many freedmen moved from plantations to towns or cities for work and to gather in communities of their own. Fulton County went from 20.5% Black in 1860 to 45.7% Black in 1870. [40]
The history of public health in the United states studies the US history of public health roles of the medical and nursing professions; scientific research; municipal sanitation; the agencies of local, state and federal governments; and private philanthropy. It looks at pandemics and epidemics and relevant responses with special attention to ...
From 1860 to 1900, the wealthiest 2% of American households owned more than a third of the nation's wealth, while the top 10% owned roughly three-quarters of it. [60] The bottom 40% had no wealth at all. [4] In terms of property, the wealthiest 1% owned 51%, while the bottom 44% claimed 1.1%. [4]
Yellowstone National Park was established as the world's first national park in 1872. [118] The Naturalization Act of 1870 set standards for the country's naturalization process, and the Page Act of 1875 banned the entry of Chinese women into the United States, effectively ending the country's century-long policy of open borders .
The South's farms were not highly mechanized, but the value of farm implements and machinery according to the 1860 Census was $81 million and was reduced by 40% by 1870. [27] The transportation infrastructure lay in ruins, with little railroad or riverboat service available to move crops and animals to market. [ 28 ]
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. In a single stroke, it changed the legal status, as recognized by the U.S. government, of three million enslaved people in designated areas of the Confederacy from "slave" to "free".
A History of the United States since the Civil War. Volume V, 1888–1901 (Macmillan, 1937). 791pp; comprehensive old-fashioned political history; Rhodes, James Ford. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850: 1877–1896 (1919) online complete; old, factual and heavily political, by winner of Pulitzer Prize; Shannon, Fred A.