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Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
US History - All Lenses
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Peonage is legal
In 1866, one year after the 13 Amendment was ratified (the amendment that ended slavery), Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina began to lease out convicts for labor (peonage). -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
By the time the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was out, 147 young people were dead, either from their fall from the factory windows or from smoke inhalation. -
Japan occupies Manchuria
Japan completes is occupation of Manchuria -
Japan attacks China
Japan attacks eastern China -
Japan declares "new order"
Japan declares its policy to establish a "new order in East Asia". -
US embargo on Japan
US begins an embargo of aircraft and aircraft parts against Japan. -
US fleet moves to Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt moves US Pacific fleet from California to Pearl Harbor -
Naval Expansion Act
US Congress passes Naval Expansion Act. Promises to triple fleet size by 1944. -
US embargoes oil to Japan
The United States imposes an embargo on oil shipments to Japan. -
US freezes Japanese assets
The United States freezes all Japanese assets and bank accounts. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
D-Day Invasion
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. Link text -
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Little Rock Nine: Black children barred from entering high school
On September 4, 1957, three years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, a crowd of angry white people barred nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The white protesters chanted: “Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna integrate.” -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
Bin Laden is most well known for his role in masterminding the September 11 attacks, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people and prompted the United States, on the orders of President George W. Bush, to initiate the War on Terror and the subsequent War in Afghanistan. -
Shelby County v. Holder (Voting Rights Challenge)
Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder involved a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires jurisdictions that have a history of engaging in racial discrimination in voting to obtain federal permission – “pre-clearance” – before altering their voting laws and regulations. Shelby County, Alabama argued that Section 5 was an outdated and unnecessary infringement on state sovereignty. Link text -
January 6th Insurrection
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was violently attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump. They sought to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election by disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes that would formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory -
Insurrection at US Capitol
The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was stormed during a riot and violent attack against the U.S. Congress. A mob of supporters of President Donald Trump attempted to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election by disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes to formalize Joe Biden's victory. -
US Occupation in Afghanistan Ended
President George W. Bush signs into law a joint resolution authorizing the use of force against those responsible for attacking the United States on 9/11. This joint resolution will later be cited by the Bush administration as legal rationale for its decision to take sweeping measures to combat terrorism, from invading Afghanistan, to eavesdropping on U.S. citizens without a court order, to standing up the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
