What happened in the 1870s?

Answer 1

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, and South Carolina seceded from the Union. In 1863, New York City experienced draft riots, and the Battle of Gettysburg took place. In 1865, President Lincoln was assassinated, and in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified. On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

Answer 2

The phone was invented, Colorado became the 38th state, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, the microphone was invented, the lightbulb was invented, polygamy became a phelony, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published.

Answer 3

• End of the Red River Rebellion
• Isabella of Span abdicates
• Italians enter Rome and name it the capital city
• Jules Vern writes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
• Keble College in Oxford founded
• Robert E. Lee dies
• John D. Rockefeller founds Standard Oil Co.

Answer 4

One thing that happened between 1800 and 1870 was the Civil War which helped to end slavery. There was also the war of 1812.

Answer 5

French Revolution