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Gold out west
After this discovery of gold, many Americans rush out west to strike it rich, even though very little end up doing so. Many mining towns shoot up and the Wild West is born. -
America Extends Trading Reach to Japan
Matthew Perry displays impressive Military strength to Japan’s Emporer, convincing him to modernize and trade with America, this extending Americas reach and furthering it along towards a World Power. -
Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
This Amendment allowed all those who were born in the United States to be citzens. This included former slaves. -
Ulysses S. Grant wins presidency
Ulysses S. Grant is elected president of the United States of America. Even though he sides with the radical republicans, he provides poor leadership in reconstruction. -
Transcontinental Railroad complete
The Railroad that runs across the length of America is finally completed and connects all of the country, allowing a person to cross the country is about 7 days. This also allows for goods to be effectively transported in good time. -
Freedmen's Bureau abolished
The bureau responsible for helping former slaves start to function independently is abolished and functions are handed over to the war department. -
Union soldiers pulled out of south
the Compromise of 1877 allowed for a Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, to be elected president after a close tie, but also drew union troops out of the south placed there to keep order. -
Shoot out at Tombstone
A shoot out occurs at Tombstone between 4 cowboys and 3 brothers, not including a close friend, which would go down in history and be forever branding the west as outlawish and wild. -
Southwestern Railroad Settlement
Ida B Wells fights for African American rights in a case of segregation in seating on a train. Afterwards, she would go on to fight for more cases like this. -
Home Insurance Building
Chicago's first sky scraper is erected at a height of 138 feet. From there, many more skyscrapers sprang up. -
First Trollys in America
The first Tram system is incorporated into Richmond Virgina, and later in many other large cities. This allows for faster travel to and from work. -
Oklahoma land rush
a free-for-all style frenzy for land where many people would line up with horses and rush to claim territory as theirs. some however, ahead of time placed their flags before the event or would scout the land out in order to an edge on the competition. -
“The Influence of Sea Power upon History” effect on Imperialism
Although no published date is given, Alfred T Mahan’s book would influence America greatly. Through literature and lecture, Alfred convinced America to build up a strong naval force. -
Railroad Segregation
Tennessee Is the first state to ratify a Rail car segregation law, stating that there be separate cars for whites and blacks on the train. -
Ellis Island Grand opening
America's main port for immigrant integration opens and starts processing immigrants to become US citizens. The small Island, working in tandem with Angel Island, processed the vast majority of Immigrants. -
The Warship Maine Explodes.
The battleship Maine, stationed in Cuba, explodes and the Spanish are blamed, thus sparking the Spanish-American War. -
Spanish-American War ends
The Spanish-American was ends in just a few short months, bringing America War reputation up that of noticeable status from other countries. -
Triangle Shirtwaist factory Goes up in Flames.
A terrible fire breaks out and kills 146 imployees due to poor prevention systems. This tragedy sheds new light and leads to laws being put in place for work safety standards. -
Assasination of Arch Duke Fernidand
After the Duke an his wife are assassinated by a Serbian, and Austria-Hungary plans retaliation, the fuse of World War 1 was lit. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German Uboat torpedos a British passenger ship with American civilians onboard. America is outraged and tension starts building between America and the Great War -
Zimmerman Telegram
A Telegram from Germany to Mexico proposing a truce incase America jumps into the war and offers to help Mexico get some of its lost land back. -
America Enters World War 1
Enough is enough. America finally enters the war on the side of the Allies. This was good timing, as Russia pulled out of the war and the allies were on their heals -
Keating-Owen Act
The first major child labor law to be passed by congress that prohibits interstate sales of companies who imploy kids under the age of 14. The Supreme Court ruled this law "unconstitutional". -
Alice Paul Jailed
The Famous women’s activist Alice Paul is jailed for picketing outside of the whitehouse on charges of “obstruction of traffic”. Although she spent only 7 months in jail, she was mistreated and went on a hunger strike. -
The Great War is Over
An armistice has been called by the Germans and the fighting is over. although America joined late, they proved to be quite useful. the Treaty of Versailles has been settled. -
The 18th Ammendment
America 'goes dry' after the 18th Ammendment known as Prohibition kicks in, prohibiting Americans from drinking alcohol for recreational purposes. -
19th Ammendment is Ratified
The 19th Ammendment allows for all Americans to vote regardless of race or sex. This means that women can now vote, something females had fought for and had endured many hardships to achieve. -
Louis Armstrong move to Chicago
The legendary trumpeter moves to the big city where he will eventually make it big. The music of this time, Jazz, is highlighted by his amazing trumpet skills and allows people to enjoy a new genre of music. -
Al Capone
The infamous gangster takes control of the Chicago Outfit gang and his rise to fame through illegal operations is born. Most of his legacy is built off of prohibitions failures. -
New York stock market crashes.
The stock market spirals down out of control and plummets farther as more and more invests withdraw there money and rush to withdraw money from banks. this leaving the market dry and buissness unable to function. -
Smoot Hawley Tariff
A tariff on imported goods meant to increase money in USA, resulted in pushing the Great Depression deeper as it incouraged foreign traders to no longer do buissness with the united states -
Unemployment hits all time low
Unemployment in America hits an all time low at a staggering 24.1%, not even taking into account the poverty line. Americas future looks bleak. -
New York Bank of America Collapses
Americas largest bank collapses loosing close to 200 million dollars and driving the depression down. -
Franklin Roosevelt elected president
Roosevelt ushered in as the new president is expected to bring about change and reform, expected to fix the great depression. -
The 21st Amendment is Ratified
With the ratification of the 21st Amendment, Prohibition effectively ends. The 21st amendment actively nullifies the 18th Amendment and makes the consumption of alcohol legal again. -
Fair Labor Act
The fair labor act "put a roof on work hours, and a floor on wage, effectively creating a better work envirment for eomployees. This also banned child labor. -
World War 2 is stirred
WW2 offically starts with Germany, under channceler Adolf Hitler, invades Poland. Countries start joining sides and before you know it, everybody is involved. -
American Naval Base Bombed
Japanese bombers attempt to destroy our entire pacific fleet by torpedoing and barraging our naval base at Pearl Harbor. Following the attack, America is prompted into the war on the side of the allies. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany attempts to invade Russian and makes it to a weapons manufactory, but is stopped and a year battle wages. Russian pushes back Germans, as this is the first major win for the Allies. -
D Day
The largest scale invasion on Normandy Beach proves to be very bloody and deadly, but overall a success for Ally nations -
Adolf Hitler Prounced Dead
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by gun after poisoning his recently wedded girlfriend. His body is later removed from a bunker by the Russians and is burned. -
Japan surrenders
Japan, being battered by 2 atomic blasts and on the verge of invasion by american troops, surrenders and the largest scale war in history is over. -
Korean War Starts
The communists invade Korea, spawning a resistence by democratic forces. North and South Korea form and the world watches as the USA and Russia battle behind there Korean puppets. -
Ellis Island Closes
The Gateway to America, as referred to by some immigrants, is officially closed. In its about 70 years of functionality, it processed over 12 million immigrants. -
Vietnamese War
Similar to Korea, communism in the north stirs conflict and Americans jump into action to protect freedom. -
Stutnik 1
The space race begins when the Russians launch a satelite into space, showing theyre advange over America. American and Russia are locked in a 10 year "Star War" trying to tame outer space. -
The Berlin Wall
A barrier between Russian occupied Germany and Ally occupied Germany goes up and strict laws are implemented. This showing the Russians to be distancing themselves from us. -
Cuban Crisis
Russian missles being positioned in Cuba sparks a conflict between the 2 world super powers as an arms stand off. John F. Kennedy represented America. -
Kennedy Assasination
Conspiracies fly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy,sparking tensions as fingers point towards just about anybody who could be blaimed. -
American Draft for Vietnam War
American opens up the draft for the Vietnamese war. Once volunteers started running low, and no end was in sight, America decided to open the draft, angering many citizens not interested in fighting another countries war. -
End of Americans involvement in the Vietnam War
America comes to a peace accord with NLF fighters to leave Vietnam and pull out of the war. Americans back home did not favor this war, and Northern guerilla tactics were proven affective.
