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Colorado Gold andSilver Rush
People rushed to Colorado from the East saying "Pikes Peak or bust". Some people were lucky and became rich while others led a very hard life and left the mining town with less money than they arrived with. -
Central Pacific Railroad
On May 10, 1969 a man by the name of Leland Stanford was given the privilege of using a golden nail and hammer to put the final spike into the railroad. This marked the beginning of coast to coast travel by train in the United States. -
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US History: VHS Summer: Eddie Purcell
This is a timeline illustrating some of my favorite highlights of American History. It will span from 1877-2011. -
1902 Coal Miner Strike
President Roosevelt summoned union leaders and business owners to Washington DC. He ordered 10,000 federal troops in and ordered miners to accept arbitration. The miners returned to work 10 days later. -
Panama Canal Open for Business
This was a very difficult venture. When President Theodore Roosevelt visited the Canal he was the first sitting President to travel outside of the US. -
Beginning of World War 1
World War I began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie. Troops from Austria and Hungary entered Serbia in August and the fighting began. -
The Harlem Renaissance
This period took place between the end of World War 1 and the mid 1930's. It was a time of culture, poetry, literature, music and dance. -
End of World War I
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/armistice.htm
At 5 AM on the morning of November 11 an armistice was signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines.
The terms of the agreement called for the cessation of fighting along the entire Western Front to begin at precisely 11 AM that morning. -
Stock Market Crash
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm
The bubble burst and the stock market crashed. The demands for goods and services fell and the end result was the Great Depression. -
Start of World War II
https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. This marked the beginnings of World War II. -
The Formation of the United Nations
On January 1 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt began the United Nations. 26 other Nations joined him in efforts to keep world peace. (un.org) -
End of World War II
https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II/Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki
World War II ended on September 9, 1945. There were estimates of between 35,000,000 to 60,000,000 deaths from the war. People throughout the world celebrated the end of this tragic time. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the longest running war up until the Afghanistan War. It is known as the only war that America ever lost because the US failed to achieve a military victory. (historynet.com) -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for white people who were standing. Rosa became a very important civil rights activist. (biography.com) -
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was the decision by the US Supreme Court to make abortion legal in the US. This was a very strong issue among the women's rights movement. (womenshistory.about.com) -
Reaganomics
President Reagan's approach to dealing with the recession. This plan was to reduce government spending. http://useconomy.about.com/od/Politics/p/Reaganomics.htm -
Invention of the World Wide Web www.com
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist. He was born in London, and his parents were early computer scientists, working on one of the earliest computers.By October of 1990, Tim had written the three fundamental technologies that remain the foundation of today’s Web. http://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/ -
The Brady Bill
During a White House ceremony attended by James S. Brady, President Bill Clinton signs the Brady handgun-control bill into law. The law requires a prospective handgun buyer to wait five business days while the authorities check on his or her background, during which time the sale is approved or prohibited based on an established set of criteria. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brady-bill-signed-into-law -
NAFTA
n 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect, creating one of the world’s largest free trade zones and laying the foundations for strong economic growth and rising prosperity for Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Since then, NAFTA has demonstrated how free trade increases wealth and competitiveness, delivering real benefits to families, farmers, workers, manufacturers, and consumers. http://www.naftanow.org
