Gildedage

U.S. History

By chalon97
  • U.S. Civil War

    U.S. Civil War

    1861-1865
    Confederate forces shot at fort sumter and lincoln asked for every state to provide troops.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation had been written for many reasons but one of them was to help pave the way for african americans to fight for their freedom.
  • lincolns Assassination

    lincolns Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. At 10:15 Booth fired a .44 caliber single-shot derringer.
  • Alfred Nobel Patents Dynamite

    Alfred Nobel Patents Dynamite

  • Railroad Completed

    Railroad Completed

    Presidents of the Union Pacific and Central decided to meet up into Utah and drive a ceremonial last spike that connects their railroads together.
  • South Dakota becomes a State

    South Dakota becomes a State

    President Harrison signed papers making it official that North and South Dakota became states.
  • Battle of a A Wounded Knee

    Battle of a A Wounded Knee

    The Wounded Knee massacre happened near Wounded Knee Creek on Dec 29, 1890.