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the founding of the KKK
the Ku Klux Klan is a racist, anti-Semitic movement against blacks, mainly in the south. it was founded by a few Confederate Civil War veterans- Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord. they belived that whites were above the black people and they should be segregated. this was not a peaceful movement and it led to many volient outbreaks and Numerous innocent people killed. -
Statue of Liberty
the french set the america people a giant bronze statue of a female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom. The statue has become a symbol of fredoom and that our nation is a peacful one for others all around the world. -
completion of the transcontinental railroad
on may 10 1869 the railroad had its last spike drove in. this joned the pacific and central pacific tracks. Collis P. Huntington, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins were the four main men envoled in briging the railroad together they were also known as the big four. the railroad connected the 2000 miles to the Missouri River. -
The Franco-Prussian War
A few Ger. states led by Prussia defeated France in the Franco-Prussian war. Many thought that the french would come out with a victory but the few germans defated the french power. The Franco-Prussian War ushered in a new era in warfare. Breachloading Prussian Dreyse Needle-guns and French Chassepots took the place of the out of date and uneffective older muzzle-loading rifles. The French side lost 140000 while the germans only lost 100000 the winning of this war created a unified Germany. -
Enforcement Acts
congress passed this act mainly to protect black voters, unfortunately those who saw the violations were unwilling to testify so congress soon need to strengthen the act. there were two more enforcement acts passed which were basicly the same thing. the third act helped to strengthened sanctions against those who impeded black suffrage. It gave the President the right to use federal forces to enforce the law. -
The Invention of the Phonograph
the Phonograph was first invented by tomas edison in 1877. the phonograph was the first invention to play back a human spoken message. the very first recording that was played wa " marry had a little lamb ". instead of playing discs it played cylinders . When you spoke into the mouthpiece, the sound vibrations of your voice would go onto the cylinder by the recording needle. -
coprimise of 1877
the comprimise of 1877 was part of many comprimises used to keep the united states together. it took place after the civil war and was set in place to prevent another war on american territores. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference controled European colonization and trade in Africa during the Imperialism period. there were some 14 states that attended that all had claims to parts of the country. because of this confrence there were 50 countries formed in africa and all forms of government was abolsihed. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This act outlawed any companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce. it also prevented any one company from creating a monopoly. under this act the could had to control what the laws said. It proved ineffective against trusts for nearly 15 years. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
This was the last encounter between the U.S. goverment and the native americans. this event took place on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A group of 38 Hunkpapa Lakota under the leadership of Spotted Elk's (Big Foot) were escorted by the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside to Wounded Knee Creek. the army was collecting the natives guns when A scuffle over one of the idians guns took place indians the still with guns began to shoot back but were killed. -
Populist Party Founded
The Populist or People's Party was formed by farmers from the midwest and south. they formed a party because they were up set with the alling wheat and cotton prices. the party approved of many differnt acts to help farmers in the midwest and south. -
The Annexation of Hawaii
A small group of sugar and pineapple-growers aided by the American minister and a large number of marines did away with hawaii's queen. The queen was jailed and america gained roughly 1.74 million acers. this was unpopular with a majority of the hawiians living there. -
1900 The Boxer Rebellion in China
A group of pesants formed a group called the I-ho ch'üan ("Righteous and Harmonious Fists"), called the "Boxers" by Westerns. they were called the boxers because the mebers practiced boxing and calisthenic rituals, they belived this would make them unpentertrable to bullets. they first wanted to bring an end to the ming dynasty but when pushed back they choose a differnt type of attack and wanted to rid china of the foreigners. the Boxers manged to kill many foreigners before they were stopped. -
Theodor Teddy Roosevelt becomes president
After President McKinley's assassination, Teddy Roosevelt became the new and youngest president. He and his vice presedient hold office for 4 terms even though the constitustion says a president is only alowed two terms. -
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity
in 1905 Einstein comes of with the relativity theory. The theory of relativity helped physics and astronomy during the 20th century. the theory became more useful than newtons theory of mecanics that was over 200 years old. -
Federal Reserve Act
state and local goverment played more of a role in the economy, goverment intervined in ways that increased the security and transparency of economic transactions. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Wilson and Congress were the fathers that created this act. it was passed by the Senate by a 43-5 vote on September 8th, 1914 and, it was passed by the House on September 10th. the act established the Federal Trade Commission. the FTC was made up of five members appointed by the President of the United States for seven year terms. the act gave congress more flexibilty in judical matters. -
panamal canal
the creation of the panamal canal was a huge step in history nto only for economics but for the way we used our military. no longer did ships have to travel Unnecessarily long routes to get the western parts of America. American navy stationed at western ports could get to there fellow navy to aid them in a shorter time period. -
Russian Revolution
under Vladimir Lenin leadership a band of rebels overthrew the Russian Republican Government. Vladimir Lenin set up a provisional government which later was replaced by a Bolshevik government. This revolution directly affected Russia because it helped to led to the creation of the Soviet Union. -
the treaty of Versailles
the treaty was singed on jan. 12 1919 at the paris peace confrence. nearly 75% of the worlds representitive attened but the five super powers that helped defeat the germans were most acttive. the treaty was set in place at the end of world war I. the treaty was formed to greatly reduce the power of post war germany and the rest of the defeated powers.
