iteach US History Summer 2013

Western Movement & Urbanization

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Dec 31, 1910

Lewis & Clark Expedition

Jan 1, 1804

Presidential Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

How did this election contribute to the Civil War

Civil War period time line

Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Dec 29, 1877

Florida seceeds from the Union

Jan 8, 1861

Florida seceeds from the union

Battle of Bull Rin

Jul 21, 1861

Battle of Bull Run

Homestead Act

May 21, 1862

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Antietam

Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 22, 1862

Copy of the Proclamation

Lincoln signs the Draft Law

Mar 3, 1863

Battle at Gettisburg

Jul 1, 1863

Eyewitness account of the battle

Sherman captures Atlanta

Sep 2, 1864

Freedman's Bureau set up by Congress

Mar 3, 1865

Watch this video on the impact of Reconstruction

Lee surrenders

Apr 9, 1865

Eyewitness account of Lee's surrender

Lincoln Assassinated

Apr 14, 1865

Reporters eyewitness account

Black Codes begin to pass in state legislatures

Nov 1, 1865

13th Amendment is ratified

Dec 18, 1865

Ku Klux Klan is founded

Dec 24, 1865

Eyewitness account of the birth of the KKK

President Johnson is impeached by the House

Mar 24, 1868

Eyewitness account of the impeachment proceedings

14th Amendment ratified

Jul 9, 1868

Grant Elected President

Nov 3, 1868

Transcontinental Railroad

May 10, 1869

15th Amendment

Feb 3, 1870

Amnesty Bill signed

May 22, 1872

Additional details of the Amnesty Bill

Battle of Little Big Horn

Jun 1, 1876

Compromise of 1877

Mar 2, 1877

A short explanation of the Compromise

Edison creates the light bulg

Jan 1, 1879

Knights of Labor founded

Jan 1, 1879

Chinese Exclusion Act enacted

Jan 1, 1882

Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act enacted

Jan 1, 1883

Sherman Anti-Trust Act is enacted

Jan 1, 1890

General Electric is founded

Jan 1, 1892

Homestead Strike

Jul 31, 1892

Plessy v. Ferguson

Jan 1, 1896

The Move West

Period: Jan 1, 2013 to Jul 31, 2013

Today's activities

Period: Jul 30, 2013 to Jul 31, 2013