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Great Rail Road Strike of 1877
With the over construction of the railroads came a large work force. The Great Railroad Strike ensued after the third round of wage cuts at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. To protest workers went on strike and would not allow the trains to operate until the wage cut was revoked. Federal troops broke the strike on September 4 without change. It was the unorganized nature of the strikers that led to their failure to create change, and it was this failure that led to the birth of Labor Unions. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Despite the large number of factories cropping up across the country there were only a small number of men who owned and operated these corporations, on the style of Morganization structured after J.P. Morgen's theory on business operation. Morganization required the least number of workers possible for the least cost possible while ensuring product quality. In 1890 the Sherman Anti-Trust act was created to ensure the freedoms of Americas free enterprise system of government from Robber Barrons. -
The Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
On the evening of February 15, 1898 the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor while protecting American interests during the Cuban Revolt against Spain,ultimately striking the fuse of the Spanish American War.Though this war only lasted ten weeks it spurred important historical events, and the cessation articles in the treaty of Paris gave America ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. It was this new expansion of American governance that made America one of the World Superpowers. -
Assassination of ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand
Serbian nationalists assassinated the Duke so they might reclaim Slavic areas defeated by the Austria-Hungarian army's as part of their country once again. After the attack the Austria-Hungarian leadership invaded Serbia as an act of war, this in turn triggered several unspoken alliances and tangled the European theater in a web of war. In 1915 the sinking of the Lusitania and subsequent deaths of 128 Americans led to Americas joing of the War -
The Spirit of St.Louis flight to Paris
It was the Orteig challenge and its $25,000 reward that encouraged pilot Charles Lindbergh to commission a custom plane made specifically for the flight. And eight years after the prize was originally offered and after many failed at the attempt, took off in the attempt to win the prize. 33 and one half hours after Lindbergh left from New York he landed in Paris winning the prize and instant fame -
The Stock Market Crash
People invested in the stock market to make money, the idea being to make more money than you paid, investors would buy expensive stocks on margin and hope to make up the money on it. However with overproduction of goods demand for their products did not meet with projected values,causing companies to stop manufacturing and lay off many workers,plowing through American industry causing stock worth to plummet throwing our country into the Great Deppression. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
There attack was in many ways successful, damaging all eight battle ships and sinking four, damaging or sinking 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers ,an anti aircraft training vessel, a mine layer, and destroying 188 U.S. Aircraft. They also killed 2,403 American soldiers,and injured 1,178. However they ultimately failed,not only did the Japanese involve America in the war by attacking them, but the air craft carries were all out sea and undamaged which was one of the main causes of Japan's ultimate defeat. -
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 allowed for the Deportation of Japanese American citizens to internment camps. After the war Americans were appalled by the treatment given American citizens urging first Gerald Ford to rescind the order,then Jimmy Carter to form the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians which in 1982 forty years after their internment declared that their internment was not justified by military necessity and issued a formal apology and redress payments of $20,000. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy which was designed to halt the spread of communism throughout Europe.This doctrine declared that"it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures"leading America to pledge to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey on July 12, 1948.The policy encouraged the creation of NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, causing an attitude of War. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Linda Brown, Oliver Brown's daughter, had to walk 6 blocks to her bus stop which would drive her over a mile away to her segregated black elementary school, when there was a white elementary school only 7 blocks away where Linda could go to school with her white friends. This case would overturn the supreme courts earlier Plessy vs Ferguson decision, when they declare that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is one of the most well known Civil Rights Campaign, with over 250,000 people present and 75-80% of the group being African Americans, to protest in the cause of equality. The March is most famously cited for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This March is also credited for being the driving force in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed any form of discrimination. -
Tet Offensive
The campaign was a series of surprise attacks against military and civilian command in south Vietnam. These attacks were a surprise for the U.S. Embassy and the reporters covering of the situation showed the American populous the extent of the attack. The American people were shocked and horrified by the under-preparedness of government. It was this offensive that spurred the American people to protest the war and convince their government to pull out of the war. -
Ronald Reagan's Presidency
Reagan's presidency is most well known for his implementation of Reaganomics, which reduced government spending, reduced income and capital gains taxes, and tightened the money supply to reduce inflation and stave off the mini-depression leeching the United States. Other memorable occurrences include the attempt on his life by John Hinckley Jr. On March 30, 1981 to impress Actress Jodie Foster. -
September 11th Attacks
The attacks in U.S. Landmarks on September 11 were organized by the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. They targeted the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Capitol the attack on the Capitol failed with the plane crashing in Virginia. However the Attacks on the Towers and the Pentagon both were successful, with both towers crashing, and the west wing of the pentagon collapsing. The attacks killed 2,996 people and cost the U.S. Three trillion in repair costs.
