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Industrialization: Transportaion(Railroad)
The First Transcontinental Railroad strectched from Baltimore to Ohio which was only 13 miles long. It changed the way of life because we use railroads to travel,and ship off goods and items. -
Imperialism: Yellow Fever
The Yellow Fever is a viral disease that is transfered by mosquitoes and affects your kidneys,and gives you a fever.Its symptoms are fever,chills,loss of appitite, nausea,and muscle pains. -
Civil War:Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.He was assassinated on April 15,1865 in a theater by John Wilkes Booth. -
Civil War:Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America on Jan.1,1863. This followed the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam in Maryland which helped the North. -
Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg was a battle of Confederate and Union soldiers during the American Civil War which lasted three days.Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies died in this historic battle known as the "Bloodiest Battle",which the Union won. -
Reconstruction: Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was created to help for one year in the change from slavery to freedom in the South.It made land owners to rebuild their plantations,make sure freed Blacks would gain employment,and begin the start of segregation. -
Reconstruction: Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws are anti-black laws in which African Americans are to do limited things thats were created by whites.Examples were colored bathrooms,colored fountians,and colored resturants. -
Reconstruction: President Johnson
Prsident Johnson was the 17th president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated.He was impeached because he violated the Tenure of Office Act, and became the first president to be impeached in the United States. -
Industrialization: Telephone
The telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell and Alisha Gray.It was created to transmit speech electronically and to talk to each other from a distance. -
Industrialization: Phonograph
The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison.It is made for recording and sound production from a tin-foil cylinder. -
Imperialism:Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a battle between Spain and the United States following the sinking of USS Maine.The U.S numbers were too great for the small cuban population which caused the U.S to win the war,even though the U.S had more casualties. -
Imperialism:Treaty Of Portsmouth
Treaty Of Portsmouth was a treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War in New Hampshire.President Roosevelt helped Japan and Russia negotiate the Treaty Of Portsmouth. -
WWI: Archduke Assasination
Archduke was the Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia,The assassins were Serbian military who were still alive were arrested, tried, convicted and punished. -
WWI:Start Of WWI
The First World War began in Central Europe between all allied powers from the United States to Japan.It started by Germany invaded Belgium which sparted the triple alliance. -
WWI: Lusitania Sinks
Lusitania was a British ship and was the world's biggest ship in the world. It was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew. -
Roaring 20s:Red Scare
The Red Scare is the fear of a potential rise of communism.People were scared that a revolution that would change Church, home, marriage, civility, and the American way of Life. -
Roaring 20's: Seattle Strikes
The Sattle Strike was a general work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington,Seattle strike was an attempted revolution which involved no guns,weapons or violence. -
Roaring 20's: Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
Sacco-Vanzetti were two Italian anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory.The executions scheduled for midnight a bomb exploded at the home of one of the jurors which put a halt to the executions. -
Civil Rights Movement:Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who wanted segragation for African Americans and was willing to die to get a change. He conducted boycotts and in result was assasinated on a balcony just before after one of his famous speeches. -
Great Depression:Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash also known as Black Tuesday,was the worst stock market crash in the history of the United States.This created the Great Depression which was the largest financial crisis of the U.S history. -
Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president who was a Democrat. He was elected four times and served during the Great Depression in which he brought hope to the people. -
WWII: Nuetrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States to the growing events in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. Roosevelt created an embargo on all goods. -
WWII: Start Of WWII
WWII involved most of the world's nations,great powerseventually forming two military alliances.Over 60 million people were killed and more injured. -
Great Depression: Mobilization
Mobilization is making both troops and supplies ready for war. Confederate States mobilized about 11% of its free population in American Civil War. -
Cold War: Yalta Confrence
The Yalta Confrence was the meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, The meeting was to discuss Europe and the Cold War. -
WWII: Hiroshima
The atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima were by the United States during the end of World War II. The bombing was the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime. -
Cold War: Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech,which was that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid.This was to prevent them from joining the Soviet sphere. -
Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is a African American woman who refused her seat to a white man on a public bus. She was imprisoned and this was the start of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Cold War: Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was a 13-day argument between the Soviet Union about missles.Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side. -
Civil Rights Movement:Black Panthers
Black Panthers was a self-defense group to aid the African-Americans as they went threw racist issues. They didnt want segragation and didnt like the non-violent ways of Martin Luther King Jr..
