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telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph -
war with Mexico
we fought Mexico -
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6 grade timeline
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California Gold Rush
gold was found in California -
seneca falls convention
womenb want the right to vote -
Pikes Peak
gold was found in Colorado -
The Comstock Lode
silver was discovered in Nevada -
oil wells
Edwin L. Drake discovered oil wells -
homestead act
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alaska
seward buys alaska -
Transcontinental Railroad
made traveling easier -
telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone -
Littlebig Horn
Custer got all his men killed -
news states enter the union
states enter the union -
lightbulb
Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb -
transformer
George Westinghouse invented transformers -
dawes act
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kodak
George Eastman invented the kodak -
new state
Wyoming becomes a state -
Wounded Knee
final battle between indians and settlers -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Supreme Court ruled separate but equal -
vaccum
John Thurman invented the vaccum cleaner -
hawaii
hawaii is a territory -
president
roosevelt becomes president -
panama canal starts
panama canal starts being built -
panama canal problem
mosquitoes come and spread diseases -
building continues
the mosquitoes die -
u.s. forest service
roosevelt creates the u.s. forest service -
ford
Henry Ford invented the Model T car -
president
taft becomes president -
challenge
roosevelt challenges taft -
17 amendment
allowed people to choose who represented them -
16 amendment
gave goverment the power to tax income -
alliances
alliances were made -
Franz Ferdinand
prince Franz Ferdinand gets killed -
Austria Hungary
Austria Hungary declares war -
Germany
Germany declares war -
Belgium
Germany invades Belgium -
panama canal is done
panama canal has been finished -
Battle of the Marne
first battle -
russia
russia declares war -
Lusitania
The Lusitania was sunk -
Sussex
Sussex got sunk and Sussex pledge was made -
Verdun
longest and deadliest battle -
Somme
first battle Allies were on the offensive side -
Sussex pledge
Germany reversed its policy -
Zimmerman Telegraph
America receives the Zimmermann Telegraph -
America
America enters the war -
Selective Service Act
law that established a military draft -
Communists take over Russia
The Bolsheviks took over Russia -
Brest-Litovsk
treaty that let Russia leave the war -
War Labor Board
War Labor Board was founded -
Chatteau-Theirry
first battle America was in -
Agonne Forest
last battle of WW1 -
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm gets replaced -
War Industries Board
the War Industries Board was founded -
war ends
armistice begins -
eightteenth amendment
ratified -
ninetenth amendment
women get the right to vote -
Armistice Day
day honoring veterans -
new president
Harding becomes president -
first commercial broadcast
the first commercial radio broadcast was sent out -
emergency quota act
act that placed a limit on the number of immigrants in the U.S. -
the Five-Power Treaty
Treaty that limited the size of one nations' navies -
Harding dies
Harding dies of a heart attack -
Coolidge
Coolidge becomes president -
Charles Lindbergh
first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone -
Wrning
Albert Einstein warn Roosevelt -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland and started World War 2 -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor -
To War
Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan -
Battle of Coral Sea
strategic win for the Allies -
Battle of Midway
the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II -
D Day
the Allies stormed the coast of Normady -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the Allies -
FDR Dies
Roosevelt died -
Hitler Dies
Hitler killed himself -
V-E Day
Allies declare Victory in Europe -
Bomb
Atomic Bomb was tested -
Hiroshima
Enola Gay drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima -
Nagasaki
Enola Gay drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki -
V-J Day
proclaimed Victory in Japan Day -
Berlin Blockade
Stalin cuts off Berlin's supply trade -
Berlin Airlift
American and British cargo planes airlfted supplies to Berlin -
Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea -
U.S. in Korea
troops are sent to stop the Communist advance -
Korean War Ends
demilitarized zone is established -
Brown vs Board of Education
Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to separate schoolchildren by race -
Bus Boycott
black people boycotted the bus -
Rosa Parks
refused to give up her seat for white people -
Little Rock Nine
nine black students attempt to enter Central High but are turned away by the National Guard -
N.A.S.A.
N.A.S.A. is created -
Freedom Riders Attacked
they were attacked in Anniston, Alabama -
Ole Miss is integrated
James Meredith arrived to register at Ole Miss -
James Meredith
first black person to enroll at Ole Miss -
MLK arrested
MLK was arrested -
Civil Rights March
they marched on Washington -
George Wallace
Wallace attempted to halt enrollment of black people -
I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther KIng Jr gave one of the most famous speeches ever -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
bomb exploded on Sunday morning in church killing four black girls -
Vivian Malone
first black graduate -
MLK Assasinated
At 6p.m. MLK was shot while standing on a balcony -
terrorists attack america
terrorists crash planes into the twin towers, and the pentagon and one other was supossed to hit the white house but was forced down by passengers