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Civil War: The Civil War begins
When President Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumter he alerted the state in advance in an attempt to avoid any bad reactions. Robert Anderson, was asked to surrender immediately. Anderson offered to surrender, but only after he had exhausted his supplies. His offer was rejected, The Civil War began with shots on the Fort Sumter and eventually was surrendered to South Carolina. -
Reconstruction: Second Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln creates the second Emancipation Proclamation. Which frees all slaves in states or parts of states that were still in rebellion against the United States. -
Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburgs
There was conflict betweeen the Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. This battle was considered the turning point of the Civil war. -
Reconstruction: The 13th Amendment ratified
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. Slavery was a major issue at this time. -
Reconstruction: Freedmen Bureau was Established
Lincoln signs the bill but It was established by Congress to provide practical aid to 4,000,000 newly freed black Americans in their transition from slavery to freedom. This federal agency oversaw the difficulties of African Americans. -
Gilded Age:Grant elected president
Republican Ulysses Grant defeats democrat Haratio Seymour and is elected for president of the United States. The support of 500,000 recently enfranchised southern black voters accounts for Grants victory. -
Industrialization: The First Transcontinental Railroad
The main line was officially completed on May 10, 1869. It was linked to the well developed railway network of the Eastern coast. -
Gilded age; Rockefeller Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller standard oil company was incorperated in Ohio. He has been in the oil company sense 1863 and his first oil was formed as a partnership in 1868. -
Gilded Age; The invention of the telephone
Alexander Grandham Bell successfully transmits a human voice over a wire. The telephone changed everyones lives and made comunication easier. -
Imperialism; The Spanish American war
The United States declared war on Spain for sinking the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor. The United States quickly defeated Spain with the aid of Theodore Roosevelt. -
Imperialism; Platt Amendment
The Platt Amendment gave the United States mmilitary bases in Cuba and the right to burge in Cuban affairs in any time. It also defined the terms of Cuba and the U.S. relations. -
Imperialism; The United States gain control of the Panama canal zone
The Panamanians allowed the United States to have control over the Panama canal zone. The US only had to pay 10 million dollars. -
WW1; Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by Serb nationalist. It also lead to a chain reaction. -
WW1; Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram is a secret telegram sent by Arthur Zimmermann to the German ambassador to the United States. The Zimmermann telegram said that in the event of war with the United States, Mexico should help in the war as a German ally. -
Industrialization: The Espionage Act was created
This act made it a crime for any person to give information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces or help out the enemies. Anyone found guilty of these acts would have to pay a fine of $10,000 and a prison sentence of 20 years. -
Industrialization: The Sedition Act
It was a more larger measure than the Espionage Act. It made it a crime to print, write, or to even publish any disloyal, profane, or bad language about the form of the Government of the United States had. -
WWI; The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the treaties created near the end of world war 1. It was signed exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Roaring 20; Sacco and Vanzetti case
When tewo Italian anarchists were arrested for the murder of a guard during a robbery.They did not have good evidence but they still payed the price and got executed -
Roarig 20; The 19th Amendment was ratified
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Women had increased opportunities in employment and education -
Great Depression: The Construction boom ends
As the economy deteriorates, construction across the contry. Many contruction projects were voided in New York because of the depression. -
Roaring 20; Kellogg Briand Pact
15 countries pledge to give up war except for self defense. If the break this pact there would be terrible consiquences -
Great Depression: Stock Market Crash
The Most devestating stock market crash in the history of the United States, the market lost $30 billion in two days. Unemployment had risen, leaving stocks in great excess of their real value -
Great Depresson: Roosevelt Reelected
Roosevelt was re elected for another term with the promise of maintaining American neutrality when it came to foreign wars. Adulf Hitler did not make it quite esay for him his Nazi soliders were challenging him. -
WW2:Japan invades China
Japanese imperialist were aiming to dominate China politically and militarily. They also wanted to secure its vast raw material reserves and other resources. -
WW2: Pear Harbor
It was a surprise military strike Japens navy had done against the United States naval base called Peal Harbor, Hawaii. The attack lasted 2 hours but it was devastating becasue Japan managed to kill more than 2,000 Americans soldiers. -
Vietnam War; Harry S. Truman becomes President
Roosevelt dies of cerebral hermorrhage. Due to Roosevelts death Vice President Harry Truman became the 33rd President. -
Vietnam War; The US dropps an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The bomb the US droped on Hiroshima killed about 75,000 people and injured more then 100,000. This bomb was the first to be used in warfare. -
Vietnam War; Japan Surrenders
Japan surrenders to the allied powers more that two weeks after acceping the Allies terms. The ceremony took place on board the battleship USS Missouri. -
Cold War: The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war devastated region, remove trade barriers, and modernize industry. -
Cold War: The Berlin Airlift
Soviets placed a blockade on the allied sector of Berlin to starve the population into Soviet alliance. The blockade was a high point in the cold war. -
WW2: The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
The U.S wanted to end the war by bombing them into submission rather than having to invade the main islands of Japan.The brass thought it would bring too high of US casualties and wanted to end the war faster. -
Civil Rights Movement; Supreme Court rules Brown v. Board of Education
Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. Many were angry and mobs were created protesting to this court order. -
Cold War: Forming of Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe found a rival alliance. That put the Soviets in command of the armed forces. -
Civil Rights Movement; Rosa Parks refuses to move
Rosa Parks refused to obey bus drivers order that she had give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger just because the white section was filled. Rosa Parks got arrested for violating segregation laws. -
Civil Rights Movement; Little Rock Nine
A group of 9 African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. There was a mob of people against them enrolling into the school. -
Civil War: The end of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.which ended the cicil war.
