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Kentucky After The Civil War
By: Darshali
The Civil War caused many changes in our country.
In 1870, African Americans were given the right to vote by the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution.
In 1876, Nicholaus August Otto developed the first coal-gas 4-cycle engine, which helped Kentucky's mining industry produce more coal.
On December 5, 1889, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, died. He was born in Kentucky.
In 1904-1909, the Black Patch war was fought. It was not a war of weapons and soldiers, but a war among tobacco companies, to stop a monopoly.
In 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority started building dams in Kentucky.
In 1936, a U.S. gold depository was established in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
In 1937, The Kentucky River overflowed and flooded almost all of Frankfort.
In 1966, the Kentucky Civil Rights Act was passed.
In 1969, the Tennessee Valley Authority built a steam generating plant in Paradise, Kentucky.
In 1990, the Kentucky Education Reform Act was passed.
Bibliography:
I got information from the book called Kentucky Timeline by: Carole Marsh. I also found some of my information from http://www.google.comsearch? I also got information from http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/116, http://www.thingstodo.com/states/Kentucky/history