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Marquettes-Joliet Expedition
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet go on an expedition to discover the territory that hasn't been settled, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. It founded a lot of the Midwestern states. -
The Northwest Ordinance
Continental Congress passes an ordinace for the land east of the Mississippi river. It was passed to organize the settlement and how the land was to be governed. -
Ohio Becomes a State
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
After the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark set out to explore and map out the land they got from the purchase, finding many of the midwestern states and also made many scientific discoveries. -
The Great Midwest Earthquake
Frontiers of the town New Madrid were awakened by a massive earthquake.It's power and shaking struck Missouri, South Carolina, West Virginia and even to Ohio. After the earthquake, they started to rebuild, but then in January and February, 2 more earthquakes struck. Both had a magnitude of 7.5 or greater and the damage was devastating. -
Indiana Becomes a State
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Illinois Becomes a State
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Missouri Becomes a State
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Chicago Becomes a City
Chicago would soon become the third most populous state and an important place of buisiness and trade and had helped our economy grow to what it is now. -
Michigan Becomes a State
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Iowa Becomes a State
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Wisconsin Becomes a State
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Bleeding Kansas
A lot of violent political confrontations that involved the Kansas-Nebraska Act that the decision about slavery would be by popular sovreinty. The problem was whether or not Kansas would allow or not allow slavery. There was a dispute with the other states around Kansas whether it should be or not be a slave state. These disagreements soon became a violent outbreak, which contributed to the Civil War. -
Minnesota Becomes a State
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Kansas Becomes a State
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Nebraska Becomes a State
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North and South Dakota Become a State
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The Chicago Race Riot
Tension was brewing after WW1 and it was finally let loose in July 29, 1919, when a 17 year-old African-American was stoned by whites and drowned after accidentally crossing the unofficial white-black barrier of the lake. Police did nothing about it and it made many mad. Riots let loose all over and that riot had shown the unfairness of racial segregation which led to nonsegregation. -
The 1933 Bank Crisis
The deepest banking crisis of the Great Depression was started by the failure of 2 banks in Detroit. For weeks, every bank in Michigan were closed down by law. The holiday was made by Herbert Hoover to prevent the threat of Henry Ford, who was the main supporter of these banks and was running out of cash
from a crisis and if the banks continued to lose stablility, would redraw his support. The holiday didn't last for 8 days and did not stop in Michigan, many states also had the problem and loss. -
Sears (Willis) Tower Completed
On this day the Sears tower was opened and was the tallest tower in the world for about 25 years until the World Trade Center surpassed it. It is a major place a buisness and tourism and was renamed on July 16, 2009 to Willis Tower -
Iowa Flood of 2008
Around this day Iowa was struck with a major flood that, even today, are still trying to repair the damage that it cost. It ended on July 1st and was cause by many of the rivers in easter Iowa were flooding tremendously, flooding the city that "would never flood". The greatest damage caused was to Iowa City and the Cedar Rapids.
