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U.S. History by Year, 1860-1879

Based on the clues, guess these American related things that happened in each year.
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Year
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Answer
1879
This Wizard of Menlo Park perfects the lightbulb
Thomas Edison
1878
This teenage outlaw and gunfighter takes part in the Lincoln County War
Billy the Kid
1877
This Sioux chief and Little Bighorn combatant is killed in Nebraska
Crazy Horse
1876
This colonel is defeated by Native Americans at the Battle of Little Bighorn
George Armstrong Custer
1875
The Page Act was the first to limit immigration from this country
China
1874
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for this invention
Blue Jeans
1873
This outlaw and his gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the West
Jesse James
1872
This geothermal corner of Wyoming becomes the world's first National Park
Yellowstone
1871
A fire in this city that kills 300 and destroys 17,500 structures is blamed on a cow
Chicago
1870
The Standard Oil Company is founded by this business magnate
John D. Rockefeller
1869
The golden spike in Utah marks the completion of this railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
1868
This president becomes the first to be impeached by the House
Andrew Johnson
1867
The United States buys this territory from Russia at 2 cents an acre
Alaska
1866
This terrorist organization terrorizes the South, particularly targeting freed slaves
Ku Klux Klan
1865
This actor assassinates Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
John Wilkes Booth
1864
This general's march to the sea destroys much of Georgia
William T. Sherman
1863
A battle near this Pennsylvania town becomes the deadliest in U.S. history
Gettysburg
1862
This man is inaugurated as president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
1861
The Confederates attack this fort in Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter
1860
This state becomes the first to secede from the union
South Carolina
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