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    The 1870s (pronounced "eighteen-seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1870, and ended on December 31, 1879. The trends of the previous decade continued into this one, as new empires, imperialism and militarism rose in Europe and Asia.

  2. February 25 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. In New York City, the first pneumatic subway is opened. Wyatt Outlaw, the first African American town commissioner in Graham, North Carolina, is lynched by mob of Ku ...

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    The 1870s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1870, and ended on December 31, 1879. Introduction 1870s Politics and wars Wars Colonization, decolonization, and independence Political and social events

  5. Nov 11, 2019 · This trend became fully realized in the 1870s, with the focus of clothing concentrated at the back, as skirts projected backwards and fell flat against the body in the front. The decade saw two distinct silhouettes in womenswear, both maintaining the focus on the back of the skirt. The first silhouette of the decade began in 1870; the great ...

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  6. Standard Oil Company was incorporated in Ohio in 1870, but the company’s origins date to 1863, when John D. Rockefeller joined Maurice B. J.P. Morgan & Co. was a commercial and investment banking institution founded by J. P. Morgan in 1871. The company was a predecessor of three of the largest banking institutions in the world — JPMorgan ...

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