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Ulysses S. Grant
He served as Commander in Chief of the Union Army during the Civil War, leading the North to victory over the Confederacy. Grant later became the 18th President of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. After the Mexican-American War, Grant left the army, to rejoin at the outbreak of the Civil War. -
Declaration of Sentiments
Three hundred people attend the first convention held to discuss women's rights, in Seneca Falls, New York. 68 women and 32 men sign the "Declaration of Sentiments," including the first formal demand made in the United States for women's right to vote: "...it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise." -
10 Percent Plan
Lincoln wanted 10% of the voting population in 1860 election, had taken to take an oath of loyalty and established a government, that would be recognized. -
The Sand Creek Massacre
Cheyenne raids on wagon trails and settlements. Colorado's governor promised protection for the chiefs at the camp sand creek. Colonel Chivington attcked on November 29 150-500 slaughtered. Which turned to a massacre. -
Wade Davis Bill
The bill required 50% of the voters to take an iron clad. Which meant them swearing they never voluntarily helped the rebellions. -
Freedmen Bureau
Many northern abolitionist risk their lives to help southern freed men. Help them get jobs,clothes, and education to the former black slaves as well. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Changed the transportation in history it aloud the people to move across the world faster in 7 days instead of months. It connected the east/west. Met in Utah 1869, which the Chinese and Irish help build. -
Battle of Little Big Horn
Custer sent to round up Indians. The Sioux leader Sitting Bull refused to move and gathered Sioux and Cheyenne warriors at Little Bighorn River where they were joined by another chief Crazy Horse and his followers. Custer’s force of around 250 met 2,000 warriors. The natives won and all of Custer men including him died. -
McKinley Tariff
enacted by Congress which created a crisis by ending Hawaii’s favored position in the sugar trade. The law permitted all countries to ship sugar duty-free to the United States. It also gave sugar producers in the United States a subsidy of two cents per pound. This caused sugar prices to drop, and the Hawaiian economy suffered. -
Wounded Knee
The police tried to arrest Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux chief, who they mistakenly believed was a Ghost Dancer, and killed him in the process, increasing the tensions at Pine Ridge. Which resulted the end the armed conflict between American and Native Americans. The ghost dance was thought to make the Indians have greater power and a better time for the natives but ended in a massacre. -
James Naismith
James was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30. This sport became highly of everyone. And was gained in popularity along with a few other sports. -
Immigration Act.
Congress passes the Immigration Act of 1891, expanding the categories of immigrants excluded from entering the United States. The act bans people with mental defects, "persons suffering from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease". The act grants the federal Immigration Bureau total control over health inspections of immigrants and final say on whether or not any individual immigrant should or should not be allowed into the country. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
African American train passenger Homer Plessy, refused to sit in a Jim Crow car. That was breaking law in Louisiana, this case went all the way up to the Supreme Court. The ruling was segregation was legal as long as facilities were "separate but equal". -
Yellow Journalism
"Yellow journalism" cartoon about Spanish–American war. The newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst are both attired as the Yellow Kid comics character of the time, and are competitively claiming ownership of the war. -
The Battle of Manila Bay
During the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Contraalmirante Patricio Montojo. -
Grandfather Clause
In the 1900 North Carolina enacted a grandfather clause. In order to help poor illertre whites to vote the clause was passed. It meant that if a voters father or grandfather was eligible to vote on January 1, 1896. They did not have to take a literacy test. -
Immigration Started
Immigration in the Early 1900s. After the depression of the 1890s immigration jumped from a low of 3.5 million in that decade to a high of 9 million in the first decade of the new century. Immigrants from Northern and Western Europe continued coming as they had for three centuries. -
Boxer Rebellion
in the spring of 1900 the Boxers attacked Western missionaries and traders in northern China, killing more than 200 people. This uprising was supported by some Chinese government officials. The Boxers laid siege to the large, walled-in foreign settlement in Beijing, China’s capital. Foreign countries responded by sending troops to China. In August, after an eight-week siege, the international force rescued the foreigners. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
In response to unsubstantiated claims and unwholesome products, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
The Act halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling. -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle caused much controversy in America during the Progressive Era. The book focuses on the tragic events of a Lithuanian immigrant family who arrives in the U.S. to capture the opportunites they believed the country would provide, but in the end find up finding a life of depression. The Jungle calls out the poor working conditions of the meat packing industry in Chicago and later sparks the creation of the 1906 Meat Inpection Act. -
Teddy Roosevelt as President
Under Theodore Roosevelt's presidency Square Deal, several Progressive reforms for the American public were outlined, the number of national parks doubled, and 50 wildlife santuaries were established. Roosevelt stepped into power after President William McKinley's, assessination. He was popular among the people rather than political figures because of his social push for change in the working class and immigrant communities. -
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling was a German-born American civil engineer. He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. It's the longest suspension bridge. And really showed American ingunity. -
Woodrow Wilson is Elected
Woodrow Wilson is elected as the 28th President of the United States with Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. Wilson is a democratic president. He is said to have concentrated more on foreign policies than on domestic policies. He served two terms as president, from 1913 to 1921. It was during his term that the U.S. joined the Great War. -
Assasionation of Franz Ferdinand
franz and his wife where assassinated by a member of the black hand while in a parade in Bosnia -
Germany Invades Belgium
The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign which began on 4 August 1914. Earlier, on 24 July, the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its historic neutrality. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
torpedo by german u-20 boat, sank the lusitania in 18 minutes killing 1198 people aboard. contributed to the entry of the U.S in to ww1 -
Battle of Verdun
the first war on western front, one of the most major battles of the war. Ended in a french victory when germany failed to achieve there two strategic objectives. War resulted in a quater of a million deaths. -
Alice Paul is Arrested
Many women from the NAWSA often picketed out side of the white house in peace, up until October of 1917. It was declared that women could receive up to a six-month sentence for 'obstructing the side walks'. Yet, Alice Paul was determined and even went on a hunger strike fighting for women's rights. while contained she was force fed and abused. Eventually, she along with many others were released. -
18th Amendment is Ratified
The 18th Amendment is the Prohibition Amendment. It makes the production and transportation of alcohol illegal (with the exception of medical and religious purposes). It is the only amendment that has been repealed (with the 21st amendment) due to it's widespread failure. -
The Introduction of Jazz
Musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Bessie Smith changed music forever by bring Jazz to life in the United States. Many of these musicians originated from New Orleans, which now has the Birth Place of Jazz on it's list of claims to fame. -
The Introduction of Charleston
The Charleston was introduced to the public in the Ziegfield Follies in the musical "Running Wild". This dance quickly catches on and becomes a popular move for years to come. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Congress passes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, steeply raising import duties in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition. The tariff increase has little impact on the American economy, but plunges Europe farther into crisis. -
Major Bank Collapse
New York's Bank of the United States collapses in the largest bank failure to date in American history. $200 million in deposits disappear, and the bank's customers are left holding the bag. -
Roosevelt Elected
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide to win the presidency. -
Unemployment in 1939 at 17.2%
Unemployment averages 17.2% for the year. -
Britain and France Declare War
Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland. President Franklin D. Roosevelt invokes the Neutrality Act but notes, "Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience." -
Roosevelt Increases Defense Spending
In a speech to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt requests new defense spending, an enlarged army, and an expanded air fleet. Public opinion favors the new defense program. -
Mobilization Lifts Economy
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor draws United States into World War II. Mobilization for war finally lifts the American economy permanently out of the Great Depression. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack the American base at Pearl Harbor, destroying U.S. aircraft and naval vessels, and killing 2,355 U.S. servicemen and 68 civilians. -
U.S. At War
Germany and Italy, Japan's Axis partners, declare war on the United States. The United States declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Largest Budget in History
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his State of the Union Address in which he proposes a massive government spending budget, the largest in American history. -
Yalta Conference
This was a meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war. Topics discussed included Partitioning of Germany, Fate of Poland ,The United Nations and
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Korean War
The Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman.0 -
Berlin Blockade
Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. This meant that those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, an exercise known as the Berlin Airlift. -
Vietnam Divided
France and Ho Chi Minh sign the Geneva Accords, in which Vietnam is to be divided at the 17th parallel until elections can be held in 1956 to reunify the country. The South Vietnamese government and the United States refuse to sign, though both promise to abide by the agreement. -
National Liberation Front and Viet Cong Formed
The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, also known as the National Liberation Front (NLF) is formed to crush Diem's regime. The insurgent organization and its military wing the Viet Cong will be funded by the North Vietnamese government, and staffed by Ex-Viet Minh guerilla soldiers from the South. -
Buddhist Monks Self-Immolate
Thich Quang Duc, a 66-year-old Buddhist monk, sets himself afire in protest of the South Vietnamese government, its religious intolerance, and discriminatory policies; in following months, other Buddhists will follow his example and self-immolate to demonstrate against the regime. Quang Duc's suicide, captured in an iconic Life magazine photograph, shocks and confuses many Americans. The event will underscore the problems with American support for the South Vietnamese government. -
JFK Assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza.
