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Industrialization: Telegraph
A telegraphis a device for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances. Telegraphy requires that the method used for encoding the message be known to both sender and receiver. -
Civil War: Missouri Compromise
Slavery was prohibited in the louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and maine was admitted as a free state. -
Civil War: Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was an African American who was enslaved and wanted to be free. Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not a citizen and had no right to sue in court. -
Civil War: Anaconda Plan
A strategy proposed by General Scott to strangle the south. The goal was to cut all suplies going to the south by blockading the ports and controling the Mississippi River. It aim was to cut all supplies off from reaching the Confederacy. -
Reconstruction: 13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. -
Civil Rights Movement: Freedmen's Bureau
A U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) during the Reconstruction era of the United States. Its powers were expanded to help find lost family for African Americans and teach them to read and write so they could better do so themselves. -
Gilded Age: Standard Oil
Rockefeller has been active in the oil business as the money hungry king since 1863. Standard Oil was first formed as a partnership in 1868. -
Reconstruction: 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment is one of the most litigated parts of the Constitution, forming the basis for landmark decisions. It stated that state laws should treat people equally. -
Reconstruction: 'Jim Crow' Laws
A law passed by Southern state governments. The law required racial segregation in schools, railroads, and other public places. -
Gilded Age: Economic Growth
During the 1870s and 1880s, the U.S. economy rose at the fastest rate in its history. This emerging industrial economy quickly expanded to meet the new market demands. -
Industrialization: Sarah Goode
Sarah Goode invented a folding cabinet bed which provided people who lived in small spaces to utilize their space efficiently. When the bed was folded up, it looked like a desk. -
Gilded Age: Haymarket Riot
A rally in Chicago's Haymarket Square supported by striking workers from McCormick Harvester Works. It ends when a bomb is thrown, killing six policemen and wounding more than 60 others. -
Imperialism: Debate over Imperial Expansion
Imperialists said colonies were needed to provide raw materials and as markets for American industry. Anti-imperialists said Americans had fought British imperialism and should not be imperialists themselves. -
Imperialism: Spanish-American War
The U.SS. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. Yellow journalist blamed Spain. President McKinley later gave in to popular pressure and asked congress for a declaration of war on Spain. -
Imperialism: 'Big Stick' Policy
The U.S would act as policemen and cound intervene in any Latin American disputes with foreign powers. Roosevelt described his style of foreign policy as the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis. -
Industrialization: Airplane
The Wright brothers were responsible for inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. The modern technology they used to make the plane became and remains standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds. -
WWI: Zimmerman Telegram
Germany promised the return of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas to Mexico, if Mexico allied with Germany. When the telegram was publicitized it outraged the public. -
WWI: Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through conscription. It was known as a military draft. -
WWI: Sedition Act
The Sedition Act was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses. It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government. -
The Roaring 20's: The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment prohibited acoholic beverages by declaring the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal. The amendment and its enabling legislation did not ban the consumption of alcohol, but made it difficult to obtain alcoholic beverages legally. -
The Roaring 20's: 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Women also had increased opportunities in employment and education. -
Roaring 20's: Washington Naval Conference
World's leading naval powers agreed to limit their number of battleships proposed by the U.S. The conference resulted in three major treaties: The Four-power Treaty, Five-power Treaty and Nine-pwer Treaty. -
The Great Depression: 'Black Tuesday"
The stock market crashed and everyone was trying to sell but no one wanted to buy. It was the beginning of the 10 year Great Depression that affected all Western industrailized countries. -
The Great Depression: The 'First New Deal'
The New Deal was focused on relief and recovery from the Great Depression. It consisted on many programs to help get the United States back in shape. -
The Great Depression: 'Dust Bowl'
The drought and erosion of the Dust Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres. The widespread conversion of the land by deep plowing and other soil preparation methods to enable agriculture eliminated the native grasses which held the soil in place and helped retain moisture during dry periods. -
WWII: Pearl Harbor
Japanese forces launched a suprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The attack kileed over 2,000 Americans. -
WWII: D-Day
Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day, when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The actual plan was to mislead Germany of the real target. -
WWII: The Holocaust
Hitler blamed the Jews for the country’s defeat in 1918. He put the Jews in concentration camp to get killed. -
The Cold War: Containment Policy
Leaders in America tried hard to contain communism. They didnt wanted to challenge communism where it already existed, but they wanted to prevent further Spreading of it. -
The Cold War: The Truman Doctrine
The United States would provide military aid to countries fighting communism. This Doctrine was used to prevent the Domino Effect" on Europe. -
The Cold War: The Marshall Plan
Plan to give economic aid to the countries of Western Europe. It's goal was to strengthen resistance, and restore trade with the U.S. -
Civil Rights Movement: Brown v. Board of Education
The Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This ruling paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement. -
Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
This escalated the U.S involvment with vietnam. A U.S Destroyer clashed with a North Vietnamese fast attack craft. -
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive
This Strategy was the turning point of the Vietnam war. The goal was to overthrow South Vietnam's government. It lead the United States to gradually withdraw their troops from Vietnam. -
Vietnam War: Vietnamization
Policy used to end U.S involvement to the Vietnam War. -
Civil Rights Movement: American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement takeovers in their early days were noticeably violent. Some appeared to be spontaneous outcomes of protest gatherings, but others included armed seizure of public facilities, such as in the Wounded Knee incident.
