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.