Timeline project (Paola Morales) Period:4

Civil War:Abraham Lincoln

Nov 6, 1860

Lincoln was the first republican president to be elected as president. He also represented a party that opposed slavery.

Civil War:Battle of Big Bethel

Jun 10, 1861

The first land battle of the war in virginia. It was between Union army and confederate states army forces.

Civil War:Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Knowed for the bloodiest day in civil war. After the war, president Lincoln ordered to freed slaves.

Reconstruction: Thirteenth Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

This amendment was created to ablolish slavery. It also stopped involuntary servitude.

Reconstruction: Fourteenth Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

President Johnson confirmed the people the "equal protection of the laws". He also promised the "due process"

Gilded Age: Standard Oil

Jan 10, 1870

John D. Rockefeller and four of his partners incorporated the Standard Oil Company.Rockefeller has been in the oil business since 1863.

Gilded Age: Alexander Graham Bell

Mar 10, 1873

He was the inventor of the first phone call over a wire. It revolutionized business and other ways of communicating.

Gilded Age: Panic of 1873

Sep 18, 1873

The investment put in a bank failed which made the financial panic. This lead to the economic depression.

Industrialization: Thomas Edison

Oct 21, 1879

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Even though it was a challenge it ended a success.

Reconstruction: Pessy V. Ferguson

May 18, 1896

Governments in the southern states passed laws requiring racial segregation. The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) where preventing African Americans their rights.

Imperialism:The Spanish American War

Apr 25, 1898

Due to the sinking of battle ship maine many things happened. On of them was the U.S declaring war on spain.

Imperialism: Anti-Imperialist League

Jun 15, 1898

People who where against imperialism pertained to this league. Their arguments towards it was that imperialism was anti-democrative, that alliance with colonies may pull the U.S into conflicts, etc.

Imperialism:William Jennings Bryan Speech

Aug 8, 1900

William was a speaker for the people that was against imperialism. He believed silver should be free.

Industrialization: John Morgan

Oct 21, 1901

Morgan founded the U.S steel corporation in 1901. This gave people that worked there panic but Morgan showed them it was worth to take over all steel industry.

Industrialization: The Wright Brothers

Dec 17, 1903

Wilbur and orville flyed the first powered airplane. The first plane that flyed took record of 12 seconds on air.

WW1: Archduke's Assasination

Jun 8, 1914

He was assasinated by serb nationalists. He was from Austria-Hungary.

WW1: Fourteen points outlined

Jan 8, 1918

President Woodrow Wilson pointed out the 14 points he wanted for World War1. He wanted to achieve peace with Europe.

WW1: Proposal of League of nations

Jan 25, 1919

This league was made to mantain peace. The united states didnt join the league because they feared that the alliance may pull them into conflicts.

Roaring 20s: Red Scare

Jan 2, 1920

The government begins intense persecution against radicals. This is caused by the Red Scare.

Roaring 20s: Steel Strike Ends

Jan 8, 1920

Unions organized a strike that unfortunately failed. This strike began on september.

Roaring 20s: Nineteenth Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

This amendment gave the rights for women to vote. It was based on the suffrage of the womens movement.

Great Depression: Stock Market Crash Begins

Oct 24, 1929

This day the depression of stock market and unemployment began. As a reaction the citizens crowded at Wall street.

Great Depression: Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Black tuesday was referred as the worst stock market crash in history. Because of this the roaring twenties came to depression.

Great Depresiion: Hawley Tarrif Act

Jun 17, 1930

This act was supported by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley. It was signed into law and raised over 20,000 imported goods.

WW2: Pearl Harbor Attack

Dec 7, 1941

The japanese surprise attacked on Pearl Harbor. The attack took place at Hawaii.

WW2: Normanday

Jun 6, 1944

This was an invasion created of northwest Europe. Operation Overlord was the code name for it and was also known as Operation Neptune.

Cold War: "Big Three"

Feb 4, 1945

President Franklin Roosevelt, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill where allied leaders. They met at the Yalta conference to arranged things about the postwar.

Cold War: Roosevelt Dies

Apr 12, 1945

President Roosevelt suffered from cerebral hemorrhage. Then Vice President Harry Truman took over.

WW2: Nagasaki Japan

Aug 9, 1945

On this day the U.S dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki Japan. It killed approximately 40,000 people that day.

Cold War: Korea

Aug 10, 1945

Korea got divided into a 38 parallel. Two new states where established.

Vietnam War: Vietnam got divided

May 7, 1954

The vietnamese soldiers waved a flag to the french that where in a camp. This happened at Dien Bien Phu.

Civil Rights: Boynton V.S Virginia

Dec 5, 1960

This was in recognition of the freedom riders. Buses at this time where desegregated.

Civil Rights: Freedom Riders Begin

May 4, 1961

Seven blacks and six white volunteers participated in Greyhound buses in Washington DC.

Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin-Resolution

Aug 7, 1964

The U.S congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin-Resolution. This ment giving President Johnson power to take actions in defending southeast Asia.

Civil Rights: 15th Amendment

Aug 6, 1965

For the 15th amendment, president Lyndon Johnson signed the National Voting Rights Act. This also had a Congressional amendment.

Vietnam War: Tet offensive

Jan 31, 1968

Vietcong units took action over South Vietnam. More than 37,000 troops where killed that got deployed for Tet.