American History 2 By BethennySmith 1820 Missouri Compromise Period: 1846 to 1848 Mexican War 1849 Gold Rush begins 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Period: 1861 to 1865 American Civil War Period: 1862 to 1879 Homesteading the plains Period: 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction Period: 1866 to 1886 Cattle drives in Great Plains 1867 Alaska purchased 1869 First transcontinental railroad 1869 Suez Canal opens Period: 1874 to 1881 Plains Wars Period: 1883 to 1914 Jim Crow Laws created 1898 Hawaii becomes U.S. possession 1898 Spanish-American War 1898 U.S. gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islands 1900 United States has become a world power 1901 U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction
