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Civil War: Abraham Lincoln
During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States. He was the first replubican president elected. -
Civil War: Gettysburg Battle
One of the bloodiest battle happened during the Civil War. The battle lasted for days and had 51,112 casualties. -
Civil War: Assassination
Abraham Lincoln got assassinated at Washington, D.C. The Recconstuctiong got slowed down because of his death. -
Reconstuction: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson became president of the United States. After Lincoln death the vice president had to step up and it was president Johnson. -
Reconstuction: KKK
The Ku Klux Klan was founded during the Reconstruction. The KKK was against everybody they believed that was un-American. -
Reconstuction: Civil Rights
President Johnson had votoed the Civil Right act. The act was still passed and gave citizens and rights to all male citizens. -
Industrialization: The Type Writer
The Type Writer was created by Christopher Sholes. It help write faster and created more jobs including jobs for women. -
Industrialization: Telephone
The tolephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. It allows people to communicate from their couch with somebody miles and miles away. -
Industrialization: Light bulb
The light bulb was patented by Thomad Edison. The light bulbs allows us to do work that would required day light. -
Gilded Age: Strike
The workers went on strike. The reason the workers went on strike was because Pullman refused to reduce rent. -
Gilded Age: President
Grover Cleveland became president of the United Stated. -
Gilded Age: Riot
A bomb was thrown at the rally in Chicago killed six policemen. All suppoter of unions and 8-hour day work were found guity. -
Imperialism: Africa
Most of Africa went under the contral of Europe. Europe split Africa among themselves. -
Impreialism: WWI
One of the reasons WWI was because of the assassination of Archduke. Austro-Hungarian felt it was to get revenge. -
Imperialism: Panama Canal
The Panama Canal opened which made transportation of goods easier. The Canal allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean -
WWI: Neutral
President Wilson annouced the U.S. will remain neutral. After a lil while they got involved in the war. -
WWI: The Battle of Gallipoli
The battle was at the beginning of the 20th century. It was unsuccesfully for the Allied Powers. -
WWI: The Battle of Verdun
The battle of verdun was the longest battle of WWI. Also it was the bloodiest of them all. -
Roaring 20’s: Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids started a government persecution. It was a response for the Red Scare. -
Roaring 20’s: 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment ratified voting right for women. That gave woman alot of rights and changed many things. -
Roaring 20’s: Sacco-Vanzetti
Two Italian men were accused for murder. They were accused of using a gun. -
Great Depression: Stock Market
On October 29th the stock market crashed. From ever since that day is known as Black Tuesday. -
Great Depresion: Smoot-Hawley Tariff
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff steeply raising import duties in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition. The tariff increase has little impact on the American economy. -
Great Depression: Roosevelt
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won election. He defeate president Herbert to win the election. -
WWII: Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. It was against the S.U. and the international Communist movement. -
WWII: Independnce
The Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. They declared their independence under the German pressure. -
WWII: Facism
Facist Italy invades Albania. Facist Italy annexes Albania. -
Cold War:Churchill's Iron Curtain speech
The speech was given at Westminster College in Missouri. The speech marked the beginning of the Cold War. -
Cold War: Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was annouced on March 12, 1947. It was made to help countries that needed help fighting communism. -
Cold War: NATO
The NATO was a group contained the U.S and many other Western European countries. The NATO was formed to defend against the Soviet Union. -
Civil Rights Movement: James Meredith.
James was the first black student enrolled at University of Mississippi. President Kennedy had to send many troops to contain the violence. -
Civil Right Movement: Malcolm X
The black nationalist also known as Malcolm X was assassinated. He was assassinated in New York. -
Civil Right Movement: Bloody Sunday
The African Ameracans was doing a walk for voting rights. Got attacked by State troopers and the Dallas County Sheriff's Department. -
Vietnam War: South Vietnam
South Vietnam surrenders. After North Vietnam launched a massive assault on them. -
Vietnam War: Unified
Vietnam Unified. But they unified as a communist country. -
Vietnam War: Dedication
A dedication ceremony for vetereans from the Vietnam War. The dedication was held in Washington D.C.
