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President Abraham Lincoln assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 15th, 1865, while attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. President Abraham Lincoln was the first president in American history to be assassinated. -
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was a railway track built by Army Civil War veterans and Irish immigrants. The railroad tracks were 1,776 miles long and served the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. -
The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment was added to the United States Constitution in 1870. The amendment guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied due to race or color. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876. Alexander created the National Bell Telephone company. By the 1900s, 1.35 million Americans had telephone service in their homes. -
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison invented the first incandescent light bulb in 1879 and later created the Edison Electric Company in 1882, which supplied an electric current to a small number of customers in New York City. -
The Richest Americans of Their Day
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan were the three richest American entrepreneurs in the late 19th century.