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Civil War: Birth Of Republican Party
Party to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories. President Andrew Jackson was the leader at that time. -
Civil War: Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an African American who was ordered to go back to a slave state but wanted his freedom so he took it to court. The case went all the way to US Supreme Court where he lost the decision -
Civil War: John Browns Raid
John Brown was a abolitionist. Led a small army to raid the federal armory to try to start an armed slave revolt and stop slavery. -
Reconstruction: KKK
They were white americans who terriozed minorities. Also preventing them from excersing their rights. -
Reconstruction: Impeachment Of Andrew Jackson
President Johnson was the first president to be removed from being president. Andrew Johnson was impeached for removing his Secretary of War. -
Gilded Age: Ulysses S. Grant
Former President Grant was elected on this day. As a Republican he beat out Horatio Seymour. He was also a war hero. -
Gilded Age: Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company. He was known as a leading entrepreneur for horizontal integration, standard oil and having secret rebates from railroads. -
Industrialization: Telephone
The telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell. One of the communications during the Industrial Revolution. -
Industrialization: Phonograph
Thomas Edison was the creator of the phonograph in 1877. The phongraph was for recording and playing music which had to do with the introduction of electricity at that time. -
Gilded Age: Time Zone
Railroads were the cause of the introduction to time zones. There were 4: Eastern,Central, Mountain and Pacific. -
Industrialization: Interstate Commerce Act
In 1887, Congress decided to pass a law named : Interstate Commerce Act. This act was purposely for regulating business and included interstate railroads. -
Reconstruction: Plessy v. Ferguson
This case started the arguement April 1896 and was decide May 1896. It meant that facilities can be "seperate but equal." -
Imperialism: Teller Amendment
A amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress. Also a consequence of the Spanish-American War that resulted in Cuba remaining independent but under indirect U.S. control. -
Imperialism: Annexation of Hawaii
American plantation owners in Hawaii overthrew Queen Liliuokalani in 1893 with the support of U.S. troops. President Grover Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii, but President McKinley and Congress decided to do so in 1898. -
Imperialism: Roosevelt Corollary
Declared that America would act as a policeman in Latin America. Resulted in U.S. interventions in Central America and the Caribbean. -
World War 1: Archducke Ferdinad Assassination
This was a know flashpoint of World War 1. Archducke Ferdinad was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian & Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia. He was assassinated by Serb nationalists. -
World War 1: Lusitania
A German submarine sank the Lusitania, a British passenger ship. The result was over a thousand deaths that included 128 Americans and 94 children. -
World War 1: Zimmerman Telegram
Germany had promised the return of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas to Mexico, if Mexico allied itself with Germany. The telegram was in the U.S. newspapers which angered the public. -
Roaring Twenties: Eighteenth Amendment
An Amendment that banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. Included for anywhere in the United States -
Roaring Twenties: Palmer Raids
Attempts by the U.S. Department of Justice to arrest and depart radical leftists, especially anarchists from the U.S. Led by Attorney Gernal Palmer & J. Edgar Hover. Part of the Red Scare. -
Roaring Twenties: Sacco & Vanzetti
Saccoo & Vanzettii were were two Italian anarchists who were arrested for murder. They had an unfair trial that had flimsy evidence that resulted in their execution. -
The Great Depression: Stock Market Crash
Stock Market crashed which was known as Black Tuesday. Stock prices dropped and everyone was trying to sell but no one wanted to buy. -
The Great Depression: Smoot-Hawley Tariff
This tariff was a long term cause of The Great Depression. Congress passed this tariff which indicates the protection of American markets from foreign competition but also prevented American goods from being sold overseas. -
The Great Depression: Franklin D Roosevelt
President Roosevelt won the Presidental election of 1932. Defeated Republican President Hoover. He had a plan to end the Depression which was with something he called the "New Deal" -
World War 2: The Neutrality Acts
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Neutrality Act which prevented Americans from traveling on ships of nations at war. Although they allowed Americans to sell non-military goods tocountries at war. Cash and carry also played an importnant role where the buyer had to pay cash and transport the goods. -
World War 2: Lend-Lease Act
President Roosevelt proposed the Lend-Lease Act program. This program ensures that the U.S. could supply guns to the British and they can pay or return them after the war. -
World War 2: Pearl Harbor
Japan joined forces with Germany & Italy and after a U.S. embargo was imposed, Japan had only limited oil supplies. Soon after Japanese fighter planes attacked the American base at Pearl Harbor that killed 2,355 U.S. servicemen and 68 civilians. Also Germany & Italy decided to declare war on the U.S. -
The Cold War: Yalta Conference
Three leaders: Roosevelt, Stalin & Minister Churchill decided to make arrangements for the postwar world order. They were seen as the "Big Three" and at the end of the conference they decided to divide Germany into seperate zones. -
The Cold War: Roosevelt Death
President Roosevelt dies from a cerebral hemorrhage which results in the vice president Harry Truman to run the office. During hid presidency he introduced the Truman Doctorine in March 1947 -
The Vietnam War: Hiroshima
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The atomic bomb ends up killing 75,000 people and injuring more than 100,000. It was also nicknamed Little Boy. -
The Vietnam War: Nagasaki
After "Little Boy" was dropped, a few days later another atomic bomb made its way over. This time in Nagasaki, this bomb was nicknamed "Fat Man". -
The Vietnam War: Surrender
Due to the result of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" Japan decided to surrender. When they surrendered they finally ended World War 2. -
The Cold War: Castro & Cuba
Fidel Castro lead his forces into Havanna and overthrew Batista who was a dictator in Cuba. After that Castro imprisoned opponents and eablished a Communist state -
The Civil Rights Movement: Washington March
Civil rights leaders led a march in support of President Kennedy's bill. It was held at the nation's capital and included all races who wanted to support the eqaulity for jobs and freedom. -
The Civil Rights Movement: Kennedy Assassination
While in Dallas Texas, President Kennedy was assassinated by a sniper while riding in a motorcade with his wife Jacqueline. After President Kennedy's death President Lyndon Johnson pushed the Civil RIghts Act of 1964. It banned racial discrimination in hotels, restaurants and unions, which is what Kennedy would of wanted. -
The Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a campaign to register black voters in Mississippi. It started in Ohio which consisted of mostly black activist and some white volunteers, they boarded a bus to Mississippi. During Freedom Summer there was alot of violence towads marchers which led President Johnson to introduce the Voting Rights Acts of 1965
