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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to some time between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power and the development of machine tools. It also included the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal. It began in England and within a few decades had spr -
Appomattox
Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. -
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The Reconstruction
The Era of Reconstruction Covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the Civil War. It also refers to the transformation of the southern United States from 1863 to 1877. -
Impearialism: The Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War. -
Imperialism: Creation of the Panama Canal
America built a 48 mile canal through panama which connects the Atlantic to Pacific. America paid Panama 10 million for the land and an annual annuity of 250,000 and guranteed panama independence. -
World War One
A global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 9 million combatants were killed. The machine gun, wearing helmets, poisonous gas, and sneak attacks were all invnted in this war. American joined the War in 1917 and provided reinforcements just as the allied needed them. -
Prohibition/Roaring 20's
The Roaring Twenties is a term sometimes used to refer to the 1920s in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, characterizing the decade's distinctive cultural edge in New York City, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, London, and many other major cities during a period of sustained economic prosperity. Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. -
The Great Depression and the New Deal
President roosevelt's presidency became known as the new deal because of the promises he made to America. The Great Dpression started in 1929 with the Great Stock Market Crash and ended by the end of the 1930's. The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
World War 2
World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The Americans provided many soldiers and helped financially in this war. -
The Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)[29][a][31] was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
The Cold War
The Cold War, often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. -
Imperialism: Acquisition of Hawaii
The Kingdom of Hawaii was closely linked by missionary work and trade to the U.S. by the 1880s. In 1893 business leaders overthrew the Queen and sought annexation. The Hawaiian Islands officially became a territory of the U.S. in 1900. Following 94% voter approval of the Admission of Hawaii Act, on August 21, 1959 the Territory of Hawaii became the state of Hawaii, the 50th state. -
The Vietnam War
a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam—supported by China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries. -
The Gulf War
The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations. It was led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
September 11, 2001
On September 11, 2001 also known as 9/11, two planes were highjacked by terrorists and flown into the twin towers. The towers fell to the ground and 3,000 people were killed. A plane also crashed into the pentagon. -
Operation Enduring Freedom
"Operation Enduring Freedom" (OEF) is the official name used by the U.S. government for the War in Afghanistan, together with a number of smaller military actions, under the umbrella of the Global "War on Terror" (GWOT). This was sparked by the events on September 11, 2001. -
Invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 19 March 2003 to 1 May 2003 and signaled the start of the conflict that later came to be known as the Iraq War, which was incited under WMD pretext and dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States. The invasion consisted of 21 days of major combat operations. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, and the Second Gulf War (Gulf War II). It was referred to as Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States military, from 2003 to 2010. It was an armed conflict between the United States and Iraq.
