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Civil War, Presidential Election of 1860
Abraham loncoln (republican) won the election of 1860. After this, south carolina and other six states seceded the union. -
Civil War,Fort Sumter
Was the place where the civil war begins. Confederate forces fired the first shot on the fort. -
Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg
Was the turning point of the american civil war.North defeated southern forces and General Ulysses S. Gant captured Vicksburg. -
Reconstruction,13th amendment
The 13th amendment to the united states contitution abolished slavery.This amendment was ratified in 1865. -
Reconstruction,Reconstruction Act (1867)
This act devided the south into military occupation zones.Creating five military districst in the south. -
Reconstruction, 14th Amendment
The amendment deals with citizenship rights and equal protection under law.Response to issues related to former slaves after the civil war. -
Industralization, Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.The telephone was created while Alexander was trying to improve the telegraph -
Industralization, homestead strike
This strike ocurred at andrew carnegie's US steel plant located in homestead.The workers struck because carnegie had cut their pay several times. -
Gilded Age, Coal Strike
The Coal Strike was a strike by the United Mine workers of america in pennsylvania.Miners were on strike asking better wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union -
Imperialism, Platt Amendment
Was a treaty between the united states and Cuba. This amendment attempted to protect cuba's independence from foreign intervention. -
Industralization, Wilbur and Orville Wright
The Wright brothers made and flew the first airplane.They also were the first to produce an aircraft for the military. -
Imperialism, Treaty of portsmouth
The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the Russo-Japanese War.President Roosevelt helped Japan and Russia negotiate the treaty. -
Gilded Age, 17th amendment
The amendment states that representatives of each states of the united states be represented by two senators.Only ten of the states of the unted states opposed the ratification -
Gilded Age, 16th Amendment
This amendment gave congress the power to lay and collect taxes on income. Making a federal tax on individual incomes possible. -
World War I, Archduke Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that begins World War I. -
Imperialism, Panama Canal
77.1-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.Panama gave controle over this zone to the united states for its cooperation on wartime. -
World War I, Zimmerman Telegram
Zimmermann Telegram was a messege proposing that Mexico join with Germany in case of war between Germany and the United States. In return, Germany promises to return to Mexico the lost territory in the united states -
World War I, Schenck vs. United States
Was a supreme court veredict that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917.The court ruled that Schenck did not have any right to express freedom of speech against the draft during WWI.
