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U.S. territorial extent in 1860. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race. December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails. December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet.
1899 (United States) Miners in Idaho dynamite a mill in retaliation for the Bunker Hill Mining Company firing 17 union members. [25] 1899 (United States) Brotherhood of Teamsters founded. [25] 1899 (United States) Buffalo, New York, Grain Shoveler's Strike occurred. [25] 1899 (United States) Cleveland, Ohio, Street Railway Worker's Strike ...
Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Swedish immigrants. The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862, and to its eventual home in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875. Sedalia, Missouri is incorporated. The American South has c. 4 million slaves. 1860–1900 – 14 million immigrants come to the United States.
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...
The 1860s were a period of growing protectionism in the United States, while the European free trade phase lasted from 1860 to 1892. The tariff average rate on imports of manufactured goods in 1875 was from 40% to 50% in the United States, against 9% to 12% in continental Europe at the height of free trade. [44]
This article is intended to provide an overview of notable events from the year 1899 in the United States. 1899 $5 silver certificate "The beautiful Indian maidens", promotional poster, c. 1899 W. H. Shipman House , Hilo, Hawaii , built in 1899
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
January 11 – Sophia Dallas, wife of George M. Dallas, Second Lady of the United States (born 1798) February 18 – Walker Brooke , U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1852 to 1853 (born 1813 ) March 13 – James Guthrie , U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1865 to 1868 (born 1792 )