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Jim Crow/Blackface Show
The Minstrel Shows were popular with the white community. It made fun of the black ethnicity. White people would paint themselves black and thought that it was funny. They would sing and dance on the stage and "act" like a black man. -
Perry visits Japan with a big stick
The United States wanted to have Japan as an allay because of trade, ports, and other reasons. So they sent Perry over to Japan with big war ships and Japan agreed to be friends with USA. -
Homestead act
Granted people 160 acres free after 5 years working on the land. -
Sleep car
George Pullman invented the sleep car which allowed passengers to unfold and bed and sleep on it as traveling from east to west would take about a week. -
Transcontinental Railroad
First transcontinental railroad was completed, now you could go from one side of the country to the other within a week. Where with horse and buggy it would take months. -
Alaska purchased
Alaska was purchased from Russia and people made fun of this purchase calling it Sewards foly. But they stopped laughing when gold was discovered in Alaska. no matter what i do for some odd reason any picture i put won't upload -
Enforcement acts
This act didn't really get enforced but it was there to stop groups like KKK from doing their evil acts. -
15th amendment
This allowed black males or any male age over 21 to vote. -
Civil Rights
This bill was not informed as much either at the time and was made to help with discrimination in public settings. -
Little Big Horn
This was a battle with the Sioux and Sitting Bull vs Custer and his men. Custer died and all his men being out numbered. Custers horse survived. -
Compromise of 1877
Election of 1876 was so close with the vote that it was a tie. So the compromise was that the Republicans kept their president in office and the Democrats would have an end to Reconstruction -
Brooklyn Bridge
A big leap in bridges of its time, the bridge was the first big cable held design bridge. It was started by John A Roebling. The bridge construction started in 1870 and was first opened 13 years later. -
Poll Tax
To keep unwanted people (african-americans) from voting, the states came up with the Poll Tax law which meant you had to pay to vote. But many white people could get around this with the Grandfather clause. -
Jacob Riis
Jacob is a Dutch-American Social Reformer. He took pictures of how badly people lived. He published a picture book, How the other half lives. He wanted people to see that there were many poor souls suffering and dying of hunger or disease from bad housing. -
Panic of 1893
The panic was over a scare with banks failing due to collapse of railroad overbuilding. People were set into a depression and people were afraid from the financial meltdown. -
Spanish-American War
After the Spanish supposedly (they didn't) blew up one of the United States Battle ships, America declared war and George Dewey won in a couple months and set Cuba free. -
San Juan Hill
Teddy R. round with his Rough Riders in this battle. He was victorious and gained a name for himself -
Macy
Macy as a store comes onto play. They build a big store that is 9 stories tall. This is the time when stores start to carry a large variety of items. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This was a series of laws to protect the consumer and to warn them about products. People before this law were taking in all kinds of things that were sold as beneficial like mercury or drugs. -
WW1 Starts
Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by Principe, this was one cause for war in which Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). -
Lusitania Sinks
The Lusitania which was a passenger ship was sunk by a German u-boat. They claimed that the ship was carrying ammo and that that justified them sinking the ship. This is one cause that led America into the war. -
America enters the war
America entered the war after staying neutral for some time. The two big factors that cause america to enter the war was the sinking of the Lusitania and then the Zimmerman telegraph. -
Zimmerman Telegraph
This was a coded telegraph from Germany to Mexico offering them help to reclaim land from the USA if the joined the war and helped the Germans. -
WW1 Ends
Germany signed an armistice that Britain and France had worked up. This officially ended the war, the treat of versailles. -
18th Amendment
This amendment outlawed the producing and selling of any alcoholic beverage. This was a bad idea as it gave rise to the organized crime and did more bad than good as people still got booz whether it was law or not -
19th Amendment
This amendment was allowing women the right to vote. To give them liberty to have a say in the politically matters and to move forward the women movement. won't upload any picture -
Scopes Trial
Scope was a substitute teacher in a school in Tennessee. He taught his students evolution and top lawyers fought on the case and in the end Scopes was fined 100 dollars. -
Valentines Day Massacre
Al Capone was one of the biggest mob bosses because he killed people who got in his way. He hired people from out of town to go and kill some of his rivals men. Al Capone got away from being charged with the murder by having an allaby to being in Florida. -
Black Tuesday
This was the day known by millions as the big day the stock market crashed. This sent many people panicking and was the start of the great depression. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
This tariff was the Governments try to fix the great depression but mad it worse with their 50% tariff on imported goods. -
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression. -
Revenue Act
This was another failed attempt to help the great depression. It raised estate taxes, marginal tax increase, and raised corporate taxes. -
Bank Crisis
By the end of 1932, more than 13 million American workers were unemployed. People rushed to the banks to try and withdraw their money but it was too late. -
21 Amendment
This amendment repealed the 18th amendment an gave the right back to produce and sell and import alcohol in the United States. -
Child Labor Laws
These laws were enacted to ensure safety of young children and not to jeopardize their health by working too much. At first parents were upset at this because their children provided valuable income. -
HUAC
The House Un-American Activities Committee was created to find any type of communist ties with any person or company and to bring them down. -
WW2 Starts
Germany invades Polland and the rest of the world is shocked and try to help Polland and the rest of Europe. France and Britain are the big power players for the allied powers. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan sets an attack on Pearl Harbor to blow up key warships that belong to the United States. The United States luckily didn't have all their ships destroyed as most were not there. This led America to declare war. -
Atlantic Charter
This Charter was formed mainly by the USA and the British for what would happen post war (their goals). And they set up terms about things like territory and mainly brought up the United Nations as we know today. -
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. This was a symbol for the working women of that time and times to come. -
D-Day
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. -
Alice Paul
Alice worked hard to achieve ground to help get an amendment ratified to allow women to vote. picture won't upload -
NASA
NASA is formed which stand for National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created as a result of the space race between United States and the Soviets. -
National Liberation Front
The Việt Cộng, also known as the National Liberation Front, was made to overthrow the South Vietnamese government and to reunify the North and South Vietnam. -
First Human in Space
The first human in space was a victory for the Soviets. They were one step closer by putting Yuri Gagarin in space. -
Diem Killed
USA support moves into Vietnam and Diem is then captured and assassinated. No one really cared or just looked away because all agreed he had to go to make progress to end communism. -
Kennedy Assassination
JFK was assassinated on this day and was shot by Lee Harvey Osswald who was in a schoolbook depository on the 6th Floor. There is controversy whether there was 2 or 3 shots but 2 shots hit JFK and one bullet made 3 holes in John Conelly who was sitting in front of JFK. -
Gulf of Tankin
Two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina. -
Elis Island
Elis Island was the gateway for many immigrants. 12 million have gone through and have come into the United States. The Island was a checkpoint to screen people and mark their presence in the records. -
Moon Landing
The United States were successful in the space race in the sense of the first man on the moon. This was a big national event as the astronauts landed and walked on the moon. I especially like the part where they read the part from the Bible as they looked back at Earth.
