American History 1780-1980

By gillynilly

  • The Great Compromise

  • 3/5ths Compromise

  • Period: to

    American History

  • Shay's Rebellion

  • Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin

  • Republic of Mexico is Created

    Mexico revolts against Spain's rule and creates own country

  • American Anti-Slavery Society is founded by William Garrison

  • The Almo

  • The Mexican War Begins

  • People Began Traveling west cuz of Gold Rush

  • Clay's Compromise of 1850

  • Fugitive Slave Act is Passed

  • Dread Scott Decision

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • Raid on Harpers Ferry

  • Abe Lincoln Elected

  • The Confederacy is Formed

  • Homestead Act

  • Began Building the Transcontinental Railroads

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Confederacy Surrenders to Union at Appomatox Courthouse

  • Abe Lincoln is Assasinated

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson Elected

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • Great Railroad Strike

  • Chinese Excludsion Act

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Haymarket Riot

  • Wounded Knee

  • Homestead Strike

  • Ellis Island Opens

  • Pullman Strike

  • Spanish American War

  • Angel Island Opens

  • 19th Amendment

  • Scopes Trial

  • Herbert Hoover Elected for Prez

  • Black Tuesday

  • FDR Elected for Prez

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • D Day

  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • Geneva Conference

  • Emmett Till is Murdered

  • March on Washington

  • Civil Rights Act

  • Voting Act

  • Democratic National Convention

  • Nixon is Elected for Prez

  • Equal Rights Amendment Ratified

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