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Civil War:Dred scott case
Supreme court ruled that dred scott an african american was not a citizen and had no right to sue in court.He tried to sue his slave master when he came back from a non-slave state. -
Civil War:The civil war begin
The civil war began in 1861 it was different veiws of state rights. The causes were sectionalism, slavery and veiws on state rights. -
Reconsturtion Era:
Freed slaves giving african americans rights to vote for the first time in 1867. there were three contutional admendments to stop slavery. -
Civil War:Battle of Getteysbug
Was the turning point of the war fot the union and conferate soliders.general Robert E .Lee surrendered at appomattox in april 1865. -
Reconstruction Era:13 amendment
To the united stated consttution abolished slavery exept as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the senate following the american cilver war. -
Reconstruction Era:Johnson Impeachment
johnson was impeached for removing his secrretary of war. He was the first president impeached. -
Gilded Age: Ulysses S.Grant
Was the 18th president of the united states.leader of the union army he ended with the surrender of Robert E. Lee army at Appomattox Court House. -
Gilded Age:Standard Oil
Was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company.john d rockefeller was a founder and was a major chair holder. -
Gilded Age:Tme Zones
Railroads were the cause of the introduction of the time zones. There were 4 made : Eastern , Central ,Moutain and Pacific. -
Industrialization:Telephone
The telephone is used to conversate with one another.Telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell, it was the first devic eto allow people talk from long distance -
Industialization:Phonograph
Made for recording and reproduction of sound production.The phonograph was invented bt thomas edison it was the first to reproduce and record sound. -
Imperialism:Berlin conference
The Berlin Conference is significant because it marks when King Leopold 2 decided to carve up Africa so that Belgium expanded as well as the rest of the European nations.which caused wars with african people. -
Imperalism:USS Maine
This was the first us navy ship to be named after the state of maine.The cost was $4,677,788.75 the ship sunk in havana on 1998. -
Industialization:interstate commerce act
Is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry.The Act created a federal regulatory agency the Interstate Commerce Commission AKA ICC -
The Great Depression:Sit Down-Strike
The industrial workers was the first american union to do sit down strike.At the general electric ,schenectady ,new york, 3000 workers sat down and diddnt work at all to protest. -
WW1:Espionage Act
This law was passed june 15 1917 shortly after the U.S entered WW1.It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment. -
Roaring twenties:W.E.B Du Bois
Was an american civil rights activist author and editor.Du Bois rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement -
WW1:Schenck V. United States
Prohibited the use of 'disloyal language.The supreme court held that free speech could be restricted whenever. -
WW1:Treaty of Versailles
Was one of the peace treaties at the end of WW1.It ended the state of war bettween germany and allied powers it was signed by june 28 1919. -
Roaring Twenties:Henry Ford
American industialist founder of ford motor.he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class americans could afford. -
Roaring Twenties:19th admendment
To the united states constitution prohibits any united states citizen from being denied the right to vote.the admendment was created by susanb. anthony. -
The great depression:Black Tuesday
Pratices like buying stocks on margin had lead to soaring speculation on new york stock market.The stock market crashed people tried to sell their stocks but few were willing to buy them. -
The Great Depression:President D. Roosevelt
His plan was to end the great depression called the new deal.he declared a black holiday to prevent from bank runs and to renew public confidence in banks. -
World War 2:nazi invasion of poland
After hitler signed the nazi-soviet pact with stalin he ordered the invasion of poland.Then france and britain declared war with germany. -
Vietnam War:Japan invades vietnam
The war lasted several days before the french athorities reached an agreement.Japan blocked china from importing arms and goods. -
World War 2:Manhattan Project
The reasearch and developedment project that produced the first atomic bombs.Atomic bombs were dropped august 1945 on cities hiroshima and nagasaki -
World War 2:D-day
The day and which a combat attack 160000 allied troops was on french coastline to fight nazi germany. American and british forces landed on the beaches of normandy . -
Cold War:Berlin Blockade
The berlin blockade was one of the first major international crises of the cold war. The soviet union blocked the westen allies railway,road,canal access to berlinevunder allied control. -
Civil Rights Movement:Military is desgregated
Also known as executive order 9981 was issued by president Harry S. Truman .It abolished racial discrimaination in the u.s armed forces and eventually ended segegation the the services -
Cold War:NATO
The north alantic treaty organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the north alantic treaty. -
Civil Right Movements: Brown vs Board Of Educaton
This was a landmark supreme court case and which the court declared state laws. Establishing seperate public schools to be unconstitutional. -
Cold War: Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact.A mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. -
Vietnam War:Gulf of tonkin incident
Also known as the USS Maddox incident.It involved north vietnam and the united states in the waters of tonkin. -
Veitnam War:Operation Rolling Thunder
Was the title of a gradual and sustained U.S 2nd air division.The operation became the most intense air/ground battle waged during the Cold War period. -
Civil Rights: assasination of dr.martin luther king
Dr.Martin Luther King was an American pastor and African American civil rights leader. He was assasinated on the balcony in front of his room at lorraine motel memphis. -
Imperalism:spanish-american war
was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States.It was the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
