Historical Timeline of the American Dream timeline 2

By Ash Merritt

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
    While attending a play President Lincoln was assassinated my John Wilkes Booth

  • First Antiseptic Surgery

    First Antiseptic Surgery
    The fist antiseptic surgery was preformed, furthering the medical field for the world.

  • Alaska was purchased

    Alaska was purchased
    The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. At the time Russia did not know there was gold there so the U.S. grew 20% and had a gold rush.

  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad
    This railroad connected the west cost to the middle of the country, stretching 1,912-miles.

  • The Telephone

    The Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone and pave the way for the cellphones we have today.

  • The Automobile

    The Automobile
    German inventor Karl Benz created the first gasoline powered automobile.

  • Jeannette Rankin

    Jeannette Rankin
    Jeannette Rankin was the first women elected to congress.

  • The Red Scare

    The Red Scare
    This was the first red scare. It created hysteria over potential communism.

  • Nineteenth Amendment ratified

    Nineteenth Amendment ratified
    Congress ratified the nineteenth amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote.

  • First Trans-Atlantic flight

    First Trans-Atlantic flight
    Charles Lindbergh made the first trans-Atlantic flight, advancing the field.

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The stock market crashes leading to the country entering a depression.

  • Monopoly

    Monopoly
    Parker brothers introduced the game monopoly, leading to the destruction of families for decades to come.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor bring America into WW2.

  • Atomic Bombs

    Atomic Bombs
    America bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki.