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Sand Creek Massacre
http://www.historynet.com/sand-creek-massacre
Led by John Chivington, a massacre took place against Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian villages who were there to make peace. Around 700 members of the Colorado territory were apart of the mission. The massacre laster mere hours and killed more then a hundred indians, mostly women and children. -
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Chinese Exclusion Act
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/exclusion.htmlPresident Chester A. Aurther set the Chinese Exculsion Act into place in 1882 which pit a hault to all Chinese citizens trying to become American citizens. This act lasted for twenty years before becoming permanent in 1902. In 1943 the act was repealed by the Magnuson Act during WWII when China was a ally to the U.S. against Japan. -
Panic of 1893
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1893?rec=538The Panic of 1893 began with two of the largest U.S. employers, The Philidelphia & Reading Railroad and National Cordage Company collapsing. This led to over 15,000 businesses closing; Banks, railroads and steel mills were directly affected. Homlessness hit a high as well as unemployment. Ohios unemployment reached 50%, The Panic of 1893 fourtuantly ended in 1897 due to the United States populace. -
The Spanish-American War
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/spanish-american-war
The Spanish-American war was a conflict between Spain and the U.S. The major start of te war steemed from the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine. Within weeks ther U.S. was at an unwated, unintended war with Spain. After months of fighting the war came to an end when Spain and the U.S signed the Treaty of Paris declaring independence of Cuba. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania
On May 7, 1915, less then a year after WWI began, the Lusitania set sail for Liverpool. The german people believed their to be ammumition on the ship and had forwarned the U.S. that this should not be allowed. They then set off fire to the ship from a submarine, sinking the ship in 18 minutes. This created a major turn in WWI. -
Selective Serivice Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-congress-passes-selective-service-act
About six weeks after the U.S. entered WWI, congress passed the Selective Serivice Act witch gave the president ablility to draft people into the war. This was due to the low numbers of people trowing themselfs into war on their own will. It required all men ages 21 to 30 to inlist into military. -
The Harlem Renaissance
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_harlem.html
The Harlem Renaisance was a movement that came into place wehn WWI ended. It was a cultual explosion that shared art, music and literature of the black American culture. It reinforced pride amung blacks and gave entertainment to all of America, both balck and white cultures -
The Great Depression
http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression
The Great Depression spanned over ten years and was the largest, longest economic meltdown in history. When Wall Street crashed, everything went downhill from there. By 1933 over 13 million Americans were unemployed. The economy did not fully recover until 1939 when WWII put the American industry in a high gear. -
The New Deal
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-new-deal/
The New Deal came about when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected into office. He used it as a campaign promotion and had an overwelming response. It involved a series of programs that were in response to the Great Depression; It was a way to relieve he people from the past. -
The Holocaust
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
The Holocaust, led my the famous Adolf Hitler, was a mass murder of six million Jews by the German Nazi Regime that lasted nearly four years. The Jews were said to be a inferior race and a threat to German purity. Each day, 12,000 Jews were killed in concentration camps based in Poland. -
Pearl Harbor
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harborOn the morning of december 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes attacked U.S. territory at the Hawiian Islands. The planes dropped bombs killing nearly 2,000 americans, wounding another 1,000 and lasting nearly 2 hours. The next day, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan welcoming the U.S. to WWII. -
The United Nations
http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/
The United Nations is a international organization that was founded in 1945 by 51 member states. The U.N. is commited to maintaining international peace and security as well as friendly relations between nations. The U.N. now consists of 193 member states. -
The Vietnam War
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-warThe Vietnam War was very costly and occured in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The war lasted twenty years but the U.S. withdrew two years before the official ending in 1973. Over 3 million people died including 58,000 Amricans. -
The Civil Rights Movement
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
The Civil Rights Movement was a wiorldwide series of political movements. It started after the U.S. supreme court declared the "Separate but Equal" doctrin that drew focus on the African Americans in 1954. The decade and half that followed consisted of non violent protests and movements that included people who made history; Rosa Parks, Malcom X, ect. -
"I Have A Dream" Speech
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_i_have_a_dream_28_august_1963/ The "I Have A Dream" speech, was given by Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. In his speech to over 250,000 Civil Rights supporters on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial, he calls to put an end to racisim in the U.S. This was a difing moment in U.S. history. -
Ronald Reagan's First Inauguration
http://www.history.com/speeches/reagans-first-inaugural-address#reagans-first-inaugural-address
Ronald Reagan was Americas 40th President. His first inauguration was on January 20th 1981 which started the commencment of his first term in office. Moments after declared president, the hostages in Iran were released. -
Iran-Contra Affair
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/reagan-iran/
This political scandal happened during Reagan's second term in office. Officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran. Some hoped this would secure the release of the Iran hostages. This plan ultimately failed and led to Americans distruting the government. -
Monica Lewinsky Scandal
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/resources/lewinsky/timeline/
In June 2005, Monica Lewinsky entered the White house as an unpaied intern. This soon became a (first off secret) political sexual scandal with Presedent Clinton. This ultametly led to his impeachment as well as a nation wide embarrassment. -
Americanization
http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=A6
Americanization refers to the influence the U.S. has on other cultures and countries. This includes pop culture, technology, polotics,food, bussnissess and more. -
Globlization
https://www.globalpolicy.org/globalization.html
Globlization is the process of international integration from diffrerent wolrd views as well as products and ideas. This also includes different aspects of culture. It is the idea of adapting ideas languages and/or popular culture from another culture to ones own culture.
