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‘Merican History

By Levi Marton
  • Levi Jeans

    Levi Jeans

    Levi Strauss started making jeans for miners.
  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

    First major battle in the Civil War.

  • Fort Sumter

    Considered the start of the civil war

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Bloodiest battle in Civil War history.

  • Antietam

    Deadliest one day battle in the Civil War

  • Gettysburg Address

    Speech by Abraham Lincoln.
  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

    Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is used to construct inexpensive fences used especially in the Wild West.

  • Tenure of Office Act

    The Tenure of Office Act was passed by Congress.

  • Johnson impeached

    Almost kicked out of office.

  • Virginia law passed-Jim Crow Era

    Made it so black and white people could be in school.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    Made it illegal to discriminate in public places.
  • James E Ware-dumbbell design

    James E Ware-dumbbell design

    Won a $500 contest for best design of a building to house mass amounts of people.

  • Tenement Reform Law of 1879

    Bare minimum needed to have an apartment viable for human life.

  • Lynching

    49 blacks were lynched In 1882, it would continue for many more years.
  • Oklahoma Land Run

    Oklahoma Land Run

    It was not an actual race but a rush to get “free” land that was opened by the government. Right in the middle of Native American Territory.
  • Start of WW2

    Start of WW2

    Start of one of the worst wars in history.
  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson

    Joins the Brooklyn Dodgers breaking the color barrier.