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Surrender to Appomatox
This was on of the last battles of the American Civil War.General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant ending the civil war. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
The Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872 involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. This was very corrupt, known as one of the most corrupt events in America History. It damaged the careers of Gilded age politicans. -
The Massacre of Wounded knee
Wounded Knee, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government. Nearly half of the Sioux killed at the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre were women and children. -
The Gold Standard Act
The Gold Standard Act was signed into law by President William McKinley on 14 March 1900. The Gold Standard Act of 1900 established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money. It stopped silver being exchanged for gold in the United States monetary system. The “Gold Standard Act” of 1900 established gold as the official means of payment and as the sole basis for redeeming paper currency. -
WWI
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. World War I began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia soon, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France were all drawn into the war, largely because they were involved in treaties that obligated them to defend certain other nations. -
WWII
This was the second world War. Fifty million people lost their lives between 1939 and 1945 and hundreds of millions more suffered injuries and wounds. This was a dark time in the world. Countries were destroyed and shaped in this significant event. -
Color Television
In 1951 the first color television is introduced. This first color program was a variety show simply called, "Premiere." "Premiere" aired from 4:35 to 5:34 p.m. but only reached four cities: Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. -
Cambodian Campaign
President Richard Nixon declared to a television audience that both U.S. and Southern Vietnamese troops were to invade the Kingdom of Cambodia.The invasion was under the pretext of disrupting the North Vietnamese supply lines. They also invaded in order to bomb and destroy the Viet Cong base camps, that were backing up the other operations in South Vietnam. -
George H.W. Bush
The United States presidential election of 1992 was on November 3, 1992 in the United States. George H.W. Bush is now president of the United States. -
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Killed many American citizens. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was one of the 5 worst storms in US history, and the worst hurricane of the 2005 season. It was also the country’s most expensive natural disaster. -
Iraq Combat Mission
Obama declared an end to the combat mission in Iraq in 2010. -
Donald Trump
Currently our 45th president of the United States. He defeated the Democrat nominee Clinton on November 9th , to the tune of his campaign slogan promising to “make America great again”.
