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Guilded Age - Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. president; technically lost election but took office after Compromise of 1877 with Democrats. -
Gilded Age - William “Boss” Tweed
Corrupt Democrat who controlled most of New York City politics during the Gilded Age. Basically stealing millions of dollars from the city treasury through theft and extortion. -
Imperialism : East India Company collapses
British Raj was a well known ruling sytem of india. It unfortunately collapsed due to the Enfields Rifle that they produced -
Civil War - Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation announcing that emancipation would become effective on Jan. 1, 1863, in those states still in rebellion. -
Civil War - The Battle Of Gettysburg
This was a three day war (jan 1-3, 1863) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Union and Confederates faught during the American Civil War. -
Civil War - Lincoln's Assassination
President Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre. A week from General Robert E. Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox. -
Reconstruction - Fourteenth Amendment
Ratified July 9, 1868. Which prohibited any denial of voting rights on the basis of race. -
Reconstruction - Reconstruction Act
An Act to provide for the more efficient Government of the Rebel States. Dividing the South into Military Occupation Zones. -
Industrialization - First Transcontinental Railroad
The construction of the railroad would ultimately link the eastern railways with the Pacific Ocean. Was also authorized by President Lincoln under an Act called "Pacific Railway Act" -
Industrialization - Invention of the Telephone
(Alexander Graham Bell) The telephone was developed while Bell was trying to improve the telegraph. Bell aslo discovered how to send multiple messages at once. -
Gilded Ages - Gilded Age
(1877- 1917) The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West, but also much social conflict. a period spanning the final three decades of the nineteenth century; from the end of the Reconstruction Era in the 1870s to 1900. -
Imperialism : Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was so important cause' thats when King Leopold IIchose to carve up Africa so that Belgium expanded as well as the rest of the European nations. -
Industrialization - Automobile
(Karl Benz) Was the first to go into the automobile production. Karl built a mobile for Bertha Benz that had more than 65 miles. -
Reconstruction - Plessy v. Ferguson
In a 7 to 1 decision the "separate but equal" provision of public accommodations by state governments was found to be constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. -
Imperialism : War in South Africa
Boer war was one of the first "total war" battle fought by the British against the Duch farmers in the South. Boers acyually used tactics called "Guerilla tactics" that were used to hide amongts the people. -
World War l - Germany declares war on France
Alfred von Schlieffen convinced Germany to go at war with France. Hours later France made its own say to going at war with Germany -
World War l : Germany Declared War On Russia
The Imperial German Government, from the start, tried to bring everything to a settlement. In compliance with a wish expressed to him by His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the German Emperor had undertakenhe part of mediator between the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg -
World War 1 - Germany's War Zone
Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets. -
Roaring Twenties - Eighteenth Amendment
Established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal. -
Roaring Twenties - Red scare
Concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and the alleged spread of communism and anarchism in the American labor movement fueled a general sense of paranoia. -
Great Depression - Black Tuesday
Stock markets crashed , prices dropped suddenly. Everyone wanted to sell but no one wanted to buy. -
Great Depression - Major Bank Collapse
New York's Bank of the United States collapses. The bank had over $200 million in deposits, making it the largest single bank failure in the nation's history. -
Great Depression - Franklin D Roosevelt's (New Deal)
Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency, prevailing on the fourth ballot at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. In a break with precedent, Roosevelt travels to Chicago to accept the nomination in person. "I pledge you, I pledge myself," Roosevelt declares, "to a new deal for the American people." -
World War ll : Warsaw Surrendures
The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them. -
World War ll : The Battle Of Britain
German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom. The battle eventually ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to control the Royal Air Force. -
World War ll : War on The U.S
Adolf Hitler declare war on the United States. Bringing America into the European conflicts. -
Vietnam War : Roosevelts Death
President Franklin D. Roosevelt unfortunatly dies of a cerebral hemorrhage (Warm Springs, Georgia). After President Roosevelt death, Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States. -
Cold War : Bombing Of "Little Boy"
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. This bomb is known as "Little Boy" -
Cold War : Bombing Of "Fat Man"
The United States drops atomic bomb on Japanese city of Nagasaki . Fat man was the second nuclear weapon used in a war. Know to wipe cities clean. -
Vietnam War : First Indochina War
The Viet Minh attacks French forces occupying Hanoi in northern Vietnam. Which happend to be the First Indochina War, also called the Franco-Vietnamese War, begins. -
Civil Rights Movement : James Meredith
James Meredith was the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Violence and riots surrounding the incident cause President Kennedy to send 5,000 federal troops -
Civil Rights Movement : Poll Taxes Abolished By 24th Am.
The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote. -
Civil Rights Movement : Voting Rights Act
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal -
Vietnmam War : Joining Forces
The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive. Attacking approximately one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns. -
Roaring Twenties - Dawes Plan
Lent money to Germany and reduced its reparrations payments. The spread of the automobile and new electric appliances contributed to economic prosperity. -
Cold War : Yalta Confrence
Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, in Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. This is when the Cold War Began
