Outlaws and Lawmen by Kenneth McIntosh

Outlaws and Lawmen by Kenneth McIntosh

Author:Kenneth McIntosh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Outlaws and Lawmen: Crime and Punishment in the 1800s
ISBN: 9781422296868
Publisher: National Highlights Inc
Published: 2011-03-01T16:00:00+00:00


Part III

Outlaws and Lawmen in the Wild West

1867

1867 United States purchases Alaska from Russia.

1868

1868 The practice of “transportation” is officially ended—sending convicts from other countries to America as a form of punishment is no longer allowed.

1868 President Andrew Johnson is impeached under the charge of high crimes and misdemeanors.

1869

1869 Transcontinental Railroad completed on May 10.

1870

1870 Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution—Prohibits any citizen from being denied to vote based on their “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

1870 Christmas is declared a national holiday.

1876

1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.



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