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Attacked indians
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Boston Tea Party
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first continental congress at carpenter hill
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45 british ship go to staton island
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congress meeting about independence
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morse code
Morse Code
Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment. -
battle of the alamo
Battle of the Alamo
The myth and legend of the Alamo is the creation story of Texas, central to the Texas legend itself, and it is a legend which continues growing, capturing the imagination of people around the world. -
mass migration
Mass MigrationMass migration refers to the migration of a large group of people from one geographical area to another. Mass migration is distinguished from individual or small scale migration; it is also different from seasonal migration, which occurs on a regular basis. -
California Republic
California Republic
The California Republic, also called the Bear Flag Republic, is the name used for a period of revolt against Mexico initially proclaimed by a handful of American settlers in Mexican California on June 14, 1846, in Sonoma. -
4 ounce gold nuggut found in a river
gold nuggetA gold nugget is a naturally occurring piece of native gold. Watercourses often concentrate and grow the nuggets. Nuggets are recovered by placer mining, but they are also found in residual deposits where the gold-bearing veins or lodes are weathered. Nuggets are also found in the tailings piles of previous mining operations, especially those left by gold mining dredges. -
Jacob Riis invinted powder to take pictures in the dark
Jacob RiisHe is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. -
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harpers ferry
Harpers FerryHarpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. It was formerly Harper's Ferry with an apostrophe and that form continues to appear in some references.[3] It is situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers where the U.S. states of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia meet. The town is located on a low-lying flood plain created by the two rivers and surrounded by higher ground. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid o -
Automatic sprinklers were invented
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Lincoln nominated for president
Abraham LincolnAs President, he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. Further, he rallied most of the northern Democrats to the Union cause. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy. -
abraham lincoln going to be president
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civil war began
The Civil War BeginsThe bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. -
cotton
cottonCotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal. -
emancipation proclamation
emancipation proclamationThe Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War using his war powers. -
Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg AddressThe Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the most well-known speeches in United States history.[1] It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
16% of the population live in proverty
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cowboy cattle drives 1,000 miles inly last 20 years
Cattle DrivesAfter the American Civil War there was a great demand for meat in the northern and eastern parts of the United States . It is estimated that at this time there were over 5 million Longhorns in Texas. -
Mass Migration to Great Plains
Mass Exodus From the PlainsWhen the drought and dust storms showed no signs of letting up, many people abandoned their land. Others would have stayed but were forced out when they lost their land in bank foreclosures. In all, one-quarter of the population left, packing everything they owned into their cars and trucks, and headed west toward California. -
Andrew Carnegie invinted steel
andrew carnegieHe earned most of his fortune in the steel industry. In the 1870s, he founded the Carnegie Steel Company, a step which cemented his name as one of the "Captains of Industry". By the 1890s, the company was the largest and most profitable industrial enterprise in the world. Carnegie sold it in 1901 for $480 million to J.P. Morgan, who created U.S. Steel. Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scie -
over a million buffalo shipped to Kansas
Buffalo in KansasPrior to white settlers entering Kansas there were an estimated 20 million buffalo roaming the Great Plains. These animals were hunted by native peoples and used for food, clothing, housing, and many other essential items. Some of the plains tribes followed buffalo herds throughout the year. -
Joseph Glidden invited barb wire
History of Barbed Wire or the Thorny Fencebarbed wire - that helped ranchers tame the land. Patents for improvements to wire fencing were granted by the U.S. Patent Office, beginning with Michael Kelly in November 1868 and ending with Joseph Glidden in November 1874, that shape the history of this tool. -
Steel Machine
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thomas edison invited the electric light bulb
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thomas edison showed his light bulb off
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Lincoln wants to release slaves
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Stardard Time Zones
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log homes were invinted
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Statue of Liberty
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Indian Reservations
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sewer systems were invinted
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woman started working in factories
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$23 billion on clothes
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Stock Market crashing
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Bank runs
Bank runs one person went to the bank to get there shares out and the bank didn't know what to do. and word got out and everyone went to the banks to get there money (shares) out, -
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Radio Sets.
Antique Radio Feature Articles people would listen to there radio sets back in the 1930s because they wanted to listen to the games and what was happening in the world -
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person bombing in daylight
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segregation
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Mug shots were invinted
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half the population moves west
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