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industrailization: staem engine
james watt steam engine is able to harnes energy of stem to move machinery. stem engines were used to great effect to run locomotives and stemships. -
industrailization: the cotton gin
Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton.Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. -
civil war : fort sumter
lincoln sent supplies to this fort in charleston harbor. confederate forces fired on the fort, starting the civil war. -
civil war: emancipation proclamation
lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation. it fress all slaves all slaves in territory captured by the union army and orders the enlistment of black soldiers. -
civil war: battle of nashville
The Confederate Army of the Tennessee is crushed by the Union Army of the Cumberland in Nashville. The war in the West is nearly over. -
reconstruction: freedom bureau
the freedom bureau with offices around the south,was to adjust schools to educate them. which the government had set up. -
reconstruction: fourteenth amendment ratified
The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified: it revokes the three-fifths compromise in the Constitution and creates a new federal category of citizenship. It is quite possibly the most important constitutional amendment ever ratified. -
gilded age: grant elected president
The support of 500,000 recently enfranchised southern black voters accounts for Grant's victory.But his margin of victory in the popular vote is only 306,000 out of 5.7 million votes cast. -
gilded age:rockefeller standard oil company
Rockefeller decided to buy up all the other competition and form them into one large company.rockefeller was known as the presisdent of standered oil. -
reconstruction;KKK ACT
Congress passes the Ku Klux Klan Act, a more far-reaching reform than the Enforcement Acts.crimes committed by individuals are deemed punishable by federal law. -
industrailization: thomas edison light bulb
edison invented the light bulb. It consisted of an evacuated glass bulb containing a filament made from a carbonized cotton thread. -
imperialism: the berlin conference
the berlin conference is known as a west africa conference and coincided with germany sudden emergence as an imperial power. the general act of the berin conference can be seen as the formalization of the scramble of africa . -
gilded age: homestead steel strike
chairman of the board of carnegie shuts down factory and locks out employes. with negotiations representatives, associations of steel workers break down. -
imperialism: jose marti
jose marti landed in cuba in 1895 and launched a war for independence. spain attempted to suppress the rebellion with great brutality. -
Imperialism:the platt amendment
The Platt Amendment outlined the role of the U.S. in Cuba and the Caribbean. It restricted Cuba in the conduct of foreign policy and commercial relations. -
wwl: archduke ferdinand
archduke of austria hungary was assassinated by serb nationalist. austria invaded serbia in response. -
wwl: trench warfare
turkey enterd the war on germany side. trench warfare started to dminate the western front. -
wwl:lusitania sunk
outraged protest from u.s at thr german u-boat campaign with lusitania with many american aboard was sunk. the germans moderated their u-boat campaign. -
roaing 20s: the nineteenth amendment
nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote.loose clothing went out without chaperones. -
roaing 20s: warren G.harding
Warren G. Harding had his inaugeration on March 4, 1921 and only served as president for 2 years.He promised to bring back "Normalcy". -
roaing 20s: bessie coleman
bessie was the first african american to earn an international pilots license. she dazzled crowds with her stunts at air shows refused to be slowed by racism. -
great depression: black tuesday
on black tuesday the stock market crashed. people tried to sell their stocks but few were willing to buy them. -
great depression: the emergency banking act
Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act. By the end of the month, almost all of the banks that had closed when the Depression started are open again. -
ww2:battle of britain
A turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority. the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases. -
the cold war: marshal plan
As the war-torn nations of Europe faced famine and economic crisis. the u.s wanted to rebuild a stability and healthy world economy. -
great depression: japan attacks pearl harbor
Japan bombs American ships at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Thousands of Americans are killed in the attack -
ww2: the atomic bomb
the atomic bomb dropped on japan by the u.s. which end up resulting in japan surrender -
ww2:v-j day
it was announced that japan had surrenderd. japan capitulation in the pacific brought six years of hostillties to a final and highly anticipated close. -
cold war: NATO formed
the western allies formed nato. the soviet union and its eaestern european satellites formed the warsaw pact. -
veitnam war: battlefield
the battle field had lasted 55 days.thousands of french troops were killed 8,000 was wounded -
civil righs movement: rosa parks
when rosa parks refused to get up and leave her seat for a white guy. which she was arrested by violating the law -
civil rights movement: james meredith
james was the first black student to be in a university of mississippi that led up to violence and riots. this led president kennedy to send troops. -
the cold war; cuban missile crises
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a intense war. which led john f kennedy to tell amerians about the missle. -
civil rights movement : martin luther king jr
because of martin the brimingham announced the agreement to the world wide issue.the stores, resturants ans schools will be desegregated which is by hiring blacks charges was dropped. -
vietnam war:henry cabot
after henry swearing to be a new ambassador.henry requisted to not go on with the vietnam war. -
vietnam war: the end of war
the u.s forces had control for two years over the war. more than 3 million people and 58000 americans were killed in the conflict.
