1860 - 1918

By Lyohey
  • Civil war begins

    Civil war begins
    this is when the civil war began
  • the emancipation proclamation

    the emancipation proclamation
    the emancipation proclamation was issued
  • the Gettysburgs address

    the Gettysburgs address
    Lincoln gave the gettysburg address
  • Gettysburg Address

  • civil war ends

    civil war ends
    civil war ends
  • Lincoln is Assassinated

    Lincoln is Assassinated
    Lincoln was assassinated
  • reconstruction amendments ratified

    reconstruction amendments ratified
    reconstruction amendments was ratified
  • Reconstruction amendments passed

  • Military Reconstruction Act Passed

    Military Reconstruction Act Passed
    Military Reconstruction Act was Passed
  • U.S. Grant Elected

    U.S. Grant Elected
    U.S. Grant Elected
  • boss tweed convicted of embezzlement

    boss tweed convicted of embezzlement
    boss tweed convicted of embezzlement
  • compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction

    compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
    compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
  • Jane Addams founds hull house

  • Please v. Ferguson

  • Theodore Roosevelt takes office

    Theodore Roosevelt takes office
    Theodore Roosevelt takes office
  • Carrie nation begins to smash liquor

  • Booker t. Washington releases Up From Slavery

  • Ida Tarbell publishes " the history of the standard oil company

  • W.E.B DuBois forms the NAACP

  • World War I starts

    World War I starts
    World War I starts
  • Margret Sanger coins the term Birth control

  • Birth of a Nation released

  • Jeannette Rankin becomes first congresswoman

  • World War I ends

    World War I ends
    World War I ends