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Interstate Commerce Act Progressivism
Congress passes the Interstate Commerce Act, creating the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate the railroads. The Supreme Court interprets the ICC's powers so narrowly that it is rendered essentially powerless by the early twentieth century. -
Industrialization
A joint session of the U.S. Congress convenes on the presidential election dispute, reaching the Compromise of 1877 and electing Rutherford B. Hayes as President and William A. Wheeler as Vice President. They would be inaugurated two days later on March 4. Hayes would appoint Carl Schurz Secretary of the Interior, who began efforts to prevent forest destruction. -
Industrialization
Indian leader of the Oglala Sioux, Crazy Horse, surrenders to the United States Army in Nebraska. His people had been weakened by cold and hunger. -
Industrialization
The Molly Maguires, an Irish terrorist society in the minefields surrounding Scranton, Pennsylvania is broken up when eleven leaders are hung for murders of police and mine officials. -
Hull House opens in Chicago Progressivism
Jane Addams establishes Hull House in Chicago as a
“settlement house” for the needy. Addams and her colleagues,
such as Florence Kelley, dedicate themselves to safe housing in
the inner city, and call on lawmakers to bring about reforms:
ending child labor, instituting better factory working conditions,
and compulsory education. In 1931, Addams is awarded the
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De L'ome Letter
This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. -
Gustavus Swift
Gustatvus Swift founded in a meat packing empire. One of the first to use Henry Fords assembly lines. -
16th Amendment
Amendment was to establish Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
Wall St. Crash of 1929
The market crashed and the country fell into a depression. It effected every aspect of American life. -
F.W. Woolworth
F.W Woolworth invented Department stores. department stores are important now and ack then because people were able to buy goods. Also with all the department stores it helped get people jobs. -
Lend-Lease Act
This act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation. Also was to any nation that was an Ally. -
The Cold War
The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. The war lasted fro 1941- 1991 -
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan
The day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt said his "Day of Infamy Speech." Immediately afterward, Congress declared war. That is when the US went to war. -
Surrender of Japan
This instrument of surrender was signed by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu. -
End of WWII for US
America was still at war with Japan after the end of WWII in Europe. We signed a treaty on USS Missouri and Japan surrendered. -
Eisenhower was elected
Esisenhower was elected with his promising stradegies. Eisenhowers primary advisor was John Foster Dulles. -
Brown v. Board of Education
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Voting Rights Act
This act outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states. So this gave southern more rights to vote. -
Persian Gulf War
his was the first Iraq war. It was also called Operation Dessert storm war. -
George W. Bush electedGeorge W. Bush elected
George W. Bush elected -
9/11 Attack
On September 11 Afghanistan planned an attack on the U.S. During this attack 2 afghan planes crashed into the twin towers, or the world trade center.