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South Carolina seceded
South Carolina Sucedes from the Union. Which cause, six more states to follow also. -
Confedracy
Six More Southern States succeds from the Union. The southern states that seceded create a government at Montgomery, Alabama, and the Confederate States of America are formed. -
Fire Shot at Fort Sumter
Confederacy Attacks Fort Sumter, Civil War Begins. Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter, the nearly completed federal garrison positioned on a man-made island in South Carolina's Charleston harbor. -
Thirteenth Ammendment
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. This Ammendment was also followed by the Freedmen's Bearu -
Abraham Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
Ku Klux Klan
The first Klan was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, by six veterans of the Confederate Army. The name is probably derived from the Greek word kuklos which means circle, suggesting a circle or band of brothers. -
Alaska
Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. -
Grant Elected President
Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour and is elected president of the United States. Grant receives 214 of 294 votes in the Electoral College. -
Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company is incorporated in Ohio. Rockefeller has been active in the oil business since 1863. Standard Oil was first formed as a partnership in 1868. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The telephone was developed while Bell was trying to improve the telegraph. -
Railroad Strike of 1877
Brakemen and firemen from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad walk off the job at Camden Junction, Maryland, initiating a wildcat strike that will shut down thousands of miles of track throughout the northeastern United States. -
Automboile
Karl Benz was granted a patent for an automobile powered by a gasoline engine. While he is credited with the invention of the modern automobile, several other German engineers worked on building automobiles at the same time. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act was signed into law in 1890, and was intended to prevent businesses from increasing the cost of goods to the consumer. Many feel that it was aimed to break up John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil trust, however, it was not specifically intended to break up any one company. -
Spanish American War
The U.S. Congress declares war on Spain. May 1, 1898: In the first battle between Spanish and American Forces, U.S. Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic squadron defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines. June 22, 1898: U.S. troops land in Cuba. -
WWI BEGINS
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. This seemingly small conflict between two countries spread rapidly: soon, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France were all drawn into the war. -
Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. -
Secret Telegram
Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message. -
America Joins War
U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. -
Prohibiton
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States. This time was age was called the Prohibition. -
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids begin, launching a period of intense government persecution of radical political dissidents in response to the postwar Red Scare sweeping the nation. -
Sacco-Vanzetti
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial begins; immigrant Italian radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. They eventually be convicted of murder and executed. -
Black Tuesday
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks in September 1929 at 381.1 a level that it will not reach again until 1954. -
The New Deal
President Roosevelt begins to implement the new deal, this began to help the economy, it implemented things like minimum wage and maximum work week, and child labor laws, and unemployment compensation. -
Unemployment hits 25%
Unemployment sky rockets to an unbelievable 25 Percent average for the year. Causing for depression and proverty in the U.S. -
WORLD WAR II
Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II, Zygmunt Klukowski, a young Polish doctor, confided in his diary that everyone was talking about war. -
Pearl Harbor
On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. President Roosevelt called it the day we would never forget. -
America Joins the War
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States. U.S is forced into the war. -
Yalta Conderence
The Yalta Conference occurs, deciding the post-war status of Germany. The Allies of World War II (the USA, the USSR, Great Britain and France) divide Germany into four occupation zones. The Allied nations agree that free elections are to be held in all countries occupied by Nazi Germany. -
The Red Scare
The Red Scare reaches its peak, with the naming of numerous American celebrities as members of the Communist Party. -
B.V.B
Supreme Court reverses Plessy by stating that separate schools are by nature unequal. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine
After Little Rock school board votes to integrate schools, National Guard troops prevent black children from attending school. 1000 federal paratroopers are needed to escort black students and preserve peace. -
Sputnik
Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. The launch of Sputnik I and the failure of its first two Project Vanguard launch attempts rattled the American public; President Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to it as the “Sputnik Crisis”. -
U.S. Fires Shots!
US helicopters are ordered to shoot first when encountering hostile forces after two of their helicopters were shot down. Causing seeing the first sign of hostility form Vietnam. -
Diem Troops Attack Buddhists
Troops loyal to Diem attack Buddhist temples and sanctuaries throughout the country. President Kennedy denounces the attacks. -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 blacks and whites gather before Lincoln Memorial to hear speeches. Also, including King's "I Have a Dream" and protest racial injustice. -
Battle of Khe Sanh
The Battle of Khe Sanh begins on January 20th. The North Vietnamese, hoping to recreate their 1954 victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu, begin intense shelling of the US base camp at Khe Sanh, located 14 miles below the DMZ.
