U.S. History TimelineOnline version Westward Expansion and Industrial Era by Stephanie Fruia 1 Westward Expansion (1850-1900) 2 Industrial Era (1850-1900) Indian Policies Homestead Act (160 Acres) Transcontinental Railroad Dawes Act Manifest Destiny Cattle Industry Immigration Migration Assimilation 13th Amendment (Freedom) 14th Amendment (Citizenship) 15th Amendment (Voting) Urbanization Tenement Homes Monopolies, Trust Nativism Philanthropy Laissez Faire Andrew Carnegie Immigrants (Old, New) Gilded Age Robber Baron Bessemer Process Child Labor