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steam engine
Thomas Newcomen invents the first steam engine. It is not very useful though, but the use of using steam to make machines go will be important to the Industrial Revolution. -
spenning jenny is invented
James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. The machine spins more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time, making it easier and faster to make cloth -
telegraph
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River. -
bleeding kansas
when a bunch of soidlers decided to shoot at a bunch of people that were boycotting and voicing there opinoin -
spain refuses to sell
ostend Manifesto issued by U.S. ministers to Europe. The ministers write up a document that urges the U.S. to annex Cuba for the security of slavery, and that if Spain refuses to sell the island, it should be taken by force. -
howardis island
Congress acts to authorize the U.S. annexation of any small island that is unclaimed by other governments. In 1857, they will annex Jarvis Island and Bakerís Island, located in the mid-Pacific, and in 1858, Howardís Island. -
great britians treaty
Great Britain signs a treaty to give up its land in Central America -
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry attacking Fort Wagner
On June 16, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln made one of his rare wartime departures from Washington. He spoke in Philadelphia at a fund-raising fair for the United States Sanitary Commission, a national soldiers' aid society. -
appomattox
robert e. lee surrendered to grant at the war appromattox -
ku klux klan
white Protestant nativist groups revived the Klan in the early 20th century, burning crosses and making rallies, parades and marches denouncing immigrants, Catholics, Jews, blacks and organized labor. The civil rights movement of the 1960s also saw a surge of Ku Klux Klan activity, including bombings of black schools and churches and violence against black and white activists in the South. -
reconstruction act 1867
divides the south into diffrenet zones to be held by the us. -
Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil
john D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company is incorporated in Ohio. Rockefeller has been active in the oil business since 1863. Standard Oil was first formed as a partnership in 1868. -
Carnegie Imitates Bessemer Steel
After visiting Henry Bessemer's steel plant in England, and in Britain for steel rails, Andrew Carnegie returns to America 2 expand his steel business. -
plessy v. Ferguson
a court case that was very important in the civil rights movement and made it easy to see thst there were still racil isuess in1896 -
FIRST FLIGHT
Wright brothers make first powered flight. -
ww1
Britain declared war on Germany -
germans victory over russia
The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians -
Eighteenth Amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States. -
hitlers death
Hitler commits suicide. -
Treaty Creates Conflict
In Paris, diplomats representing the combatant nations of World War I sign the Treaty of Versailles, which promises to sustain peace through the creation of the League of Nations but also plants the seed of future conflict by imposing mercilessly stiff reparations upon Germany. -
Than Rural dephinion
The United States Census reports, for first time, that more Americans live in urban areas than in rural areas. However, "urban" is defined as any town with more than 2,500 people. -
stock market crash
The stock market crashes, marking the end of six years of unparalleled prosperity for most sectors of the American economy. The "crash" begins on October 24 Black Thursday. By October 29, stock prices will plummet and banks will be calling in loans. An estimated $30 billion in values will disappear" -
president herbert say's
President Herbert Hoover says, Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is stupied -
economic crash
More than 3.2 million people are unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash. -
nazi's and japan work together
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement -
the ww2 treaty
The leaders of the terrorist Ustasa movement proclaim the so-called Independent State of Croatia. Recognized immediately by Germany and Italy, the new state includes the province of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croatia joins the Axis powers formally on June 15, 1941. -
the drop
US troops land in the Philippines. -
LITTLE BOY
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. -
FAT MAN
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. -
V-J DAY
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met in Yalta. The Allies took Köln and liberated Buchenwald. President Roosevelt died, and Truman became president. The Russians reached Berlin, and Hitler committed suicide. The first and the second atomic bombs were dropped. Churchill, Clemet Atlee, Stalin, and Truman met in Postdam. V-J Victory Day. -
nuclear war canidates? russia
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
afghan depolyment
USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan -
cubas aliance
cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. -
MLK FIRST TIME IN PRISONED
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.; he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws. -
NO MORE POLL TAX
The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote. -
BLACK PANTHER
The militant Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.
