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Civil War: Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise is when Missouri was admitted part of th union. Now Prohibiting Slavery. -
Civil War: battle of Fort Sumter
Conferderate soldiers combarded union soldier in Fort Sumter. Robert E. Lee lost and union surrenderred. -
Reconstruction: Emancipation Proclomation
Emancipatioon proclomation was issued by Abraham Lincoln. Was for freedom of all slaves. -
Civil War: Battle of Vicksburg
A Battle lead by Ulysses A. Grant. He finally take vicksburg after a long siege. Now Union Controls the river cutting the confederacy into. -
Reconstruction: The Thirteenth amendment
the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in all of the united states. Freedmens Bureau was created to help emancipated slaves. -
Reconstruction: President Lincoln Assinated
lincoln was assasinated. His killer was John Wilkes Booth. -
Gilded Age:Ulysses S. Grant elected as president
Grant recieved 214 of 294 of votes in electorial college.He achieved 306,000 out of 5.7 million votes cast. -
Industrilization: John D. Rockefeller
Founded Standard Oil. Passed away May 23,1937. -
Gilded Age:Panic of 1873
Collapse of Jay Cooke and Company. One of Philidelphia's investment banks triggered to a nation wide panic,economic depression till1879 -
Civil Rights Act
Was an act passed that said equal treatment for african americans in public. The Supreme Court Decided the act was uncostitutional. -
Gilded Age: Invention of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone. Was able to succesfully transmit human voice through a wire. -
Industrilization: Invention of the light bulb
Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb. He began as a telegrapher -
Imperialism: USS Maine
U.S Naval ship that was sunk in the Havana harbor. Sunk to increase tension for war against Spain. -
Imperialism: The Spanish-American War
Conflict between Spain and the United States because sinking of USS Maine. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. -
Imperialism: Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was begun in 1904 to Connect from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. U.S was able to expand its economic and military influence. -
WWI: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
The strt of the first WW. Austria delared war on Serbia because serbian nationalist Gravrilo Principn assasinates Archduke Ferdinand. -
WWI: Sinking of the Lusitania
German U boats sinks British passenger ship killing 1,198 including 128 Amerians. Which leads to U.S entering the war -
R20S: Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibit the sale of Alcohol anywhere in the United States. Moonshiners began at that time, selling illegaly. -
WWI: Treaty Of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles was the end of the WWI. Imposed heavy reperations payments and restriction upon Germany. -
R20s: Palmer Raids
intensive government persecution of radical dissendents. Responding to the Red Scare sweeping the nation. -
R20s: Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
The Case of Two Italian-immagrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Acussed of murder and eventually executed -
GD: Roosevelt Elected
Wins election over Herbet Hoover. Landslides of votes over Hoover. -
GD: Huey Long
Huey Long Was assassinated in Lousiana. In Lousianas capitol building. -
WWII: Neutrality Act
President Rooevelt signed the neutrality act. Making sure that the U.S would not be involved in anymore conflicts. -
GD: Mobilization Lifts Economy
japanese attacks Pearl Harbor Dragging U.S into WWII. Mobility lifts economy out of the great depression. -
WWII: D-Day
First of 3 million Allied soldiers arrive in Normandy. Nothern shores of Fance -
WWII: Atomic Bomb
U.S drops Atomic Bomb called "Little boy". 80,000 casualties and ten of thousands would die later on because of radiation. -
VW: Nagasaki
When atomic bomb "Fat Boy" wa dropped on Nagasaki. And killed housands of people even afer because of radiation. -
VW: Japan Surrenders
Japan surrenders after atomic bombs dopped. In the city of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. -
CRM: Brown v. Board of Education
This case argues that segregated schools are unequal, and foster feelings towards black children. The court rules that all public school are to be desegragated. -
CRM: Emmitt Till
14 year old black boy murdered for being accused of whistling at a white mans wife. Mom left the open casket to show what the white man has done to her son. -
CRM: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested. Arrested because she refused to to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. -
Cold War: Berlin War
East Germany builds a wall dividing east and west Berlin. Powerful symbol of oppression. -
Cold War: Cuban Missle Crisis
American Surveilance flights confirmed seeing that the Soviet Union placed nuclear missles in Cuba. President Kenedy rejects launching an attack on cuba. -
VW: Kenedy Assassinated
President Kenedy assassinated while riding his motorcade through Dallas. President Lyndon B. Johnson take presidency. -
Cold War: First on the Moon
Apollo 11 mission was to land two men on the moon. Astronaut were Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
