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DC History Timeline 2

  • Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    Great Railroad Strike of 1877
    Began in West Virginia, where railroad workers protested about wage cuts. This quickly had spread to multiple states becoming a nationwide strike.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act
    Federal Law aimed to promote economic fairness and competition, by prohibiting monopolies, and cartels.
  • Gold Standard Act

    Gold Standard Act
    Defined US dollar by gold weight and requiring the US treasury to redeem on demand and in gold coin only.
  • Titanic Sinking

    Titanic Sinking
    The ship collided with an iceberg near Newfoundland. Hours later the ship sank, causing thousands to lose their lives.
  • Lusitania

    Lusitania
    The German submarine u-20 torpedoed and sank Lusitania, causing 1200 people to lose their lives.
  • Women's Suffrage

    Women's Suffrage
    19th amendment was ratified to give women the right to vote.
  • Segregated Travel for Black Veterans Families

    Segregated Travel for Black Veterans Families
    The US department of war forced black veterans families to travel on segregated ships to visit their loved ones in Europe.
  • Amelia Earharts Solo Flight

    Amelia Earharts Solo Flight
    Amelia Earhart became the first women to preform a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    Japanese Navy Launched surprise attack on US naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied invasion of France , Pivotal movement in the European Theater.
  • 22nd Amendment

    22nd Amendment
    No person can be elected into office more than twice.
  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Brown V. Board of Education
    Ruled that racial segregation in public school was unconstitutional.
  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination
    Shot and killed in Dallas Texas while riding in a motorcade.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Spaceflight conducted by NASA, first human on the moon.
  • Death of Elvis Presley

    Death of Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley died at the age of 42 due to drug usage and then experience a heart attack.
  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Hostage Crisis
    Terrorist attack on the US, 53 Americans were taken and weren't released until the next presidential inauguration a year later.
  • HIV Crisis

    HIV Crisis
    Spread of HIV lead to a world -wide panic, there was limited knowledge about the disease.
  • William Clinton

    William Clinton
    Election of William Clinton the 42nd president.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    Terrorist attacks on the US, two planed getting ran into the twin towers.
  • COVID-19 Pandemic

    COVID-19 Pandemic
    Disease that broke out and shut down most of America