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Gold discovered in California
James Marshall, a carpenter employed by John Sutter to build a mill at Sutter’s Fort, discovered gold. -
The First National Women's Rights Convention
First national convention for woman's rights concluded in Worcester. Speakers, most of them women, demanded the right to vote, to own property, to be admitted to higher education, medicine, the ministry, and other professions. -
Pony Express founded
The Waddell and Russell freight company established the Pony Express. Relay stations were set up across north America and riders carried mail from one station to the next. -
The Homestead Act
This Act offered anyone prepared to settle in the West 160 acres of land for free provided they built a home and farmed the land for five years. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The United States Supreme Court established the "Separate but Equal Doctrine," holding that legal racial segregation does not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The act was designed to "protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights", providing for equal treatment in public accommodations and public transportation and prohibiting exclusion from jury service. -
First skyscrapers
In Chicago in 1884, steel frame construction allowed architects to design buildings of unprecedented height. William LeBaron Jenney, a Chicago architect, designed the first skyscraper in 1884. -
How The Other Half Lives
A book that studied among the Tenements of New York is an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s written by Jacob RIIS -
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Queen Lili`uokalani of the independent kingdom of Hawai`i was overthrown as she was arrested at gunpoint by U.S. Marines. American businessmen, particularly sugar plantation owners, led by Lorrin Thurston, had supported annexation of the islands to the United States. -
Manila Bay fight
At Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War a a battle that only lasted for 6 hours led by a navy commodore named Dewy -
San Juan Hill
Americans charged up the hill and dispersed the Spanish, suffering even more heavily in the process. The fight for the heights proved to be the bloodiest and most famous battle of the war. -
Battle of Manilla
U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers. -
Hawaii's Annexation
the event marked the end of a lengthy internal struggle between native Hawaiians and non-native American businessmen for control of the Hawaiian government. -
Angel Island Opening
The day that it was time for Angel Island to open -
Sinking of Lusitania
The day the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania accusing them for the reason of carrying ammonia in the boat. -
Spanish Flu outbreak
A virus outbreak causing a pandemic creating many deaths. -
Battle of BELLEAU
It was a battle when U.S. joined under the command of the U.S. Army's 2nd Division, were tasked with capturing Belleau Wood and clearing it of German soldiers. -
Treaty of Versailles Signed
The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty's so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. -
Prohibition of Liquor
The Eighteenth Amendment—which illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol—was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1917. In 1919 the amendment was ratified by the three-quarters of the nation's states required to make it constitutional. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. -
19th Amendment Ratified
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. Four decades after passage of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, President Johnson signs into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -
Beginning of Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash which a dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. -
Roosevelt Elected For President
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected as the 32nd president of United States of America -
Smoot Harley Tariff Act Passed
The Tariff Act of 1930, commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, it was signed by President Herbert Hoover -
FDR’s 100 Days
First hundred days (alternatively written first 100 days) often refers to the beginning of a leading politician's term in office, this referring to First 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. -
Wounded Knee
February 27, 1973, federal officers and AIM members exchanged gunfire almost nightly. Hundreds of arrests were made, and two Native Americans were killed and a federal marshal was permanently paralyzed by a bullet wound. -
Ellis Island officially opened
The opening date of Ellis Island for immigrants to come in