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America is 'discovered'
In 1492, Europe's Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America. He actually thought he was in Asia! -
Vinland
In 999, Leif Ericson's ship that was headed for Greenland was blown off course and ended up in Canada. He sees a lot of grape vines, and calls the land Vinland. -
The Proclamation: No western hopes
The Proclamation of 1763 forbids Americans from settling west of the Appalachians. -
No taxation without representation
The Sons of Liberty band together, sometimes tar and feathering british officers. The Daughters of Liberty also helped out by making the items that the british taxed. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act forces colonies to pay taxes on printed matter. -
The Stamp Act No More
Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, which places taxes on paper products. -
Tea Tax
English Parliament passes the Townshend Act, which taxes tea and other goods. -
California Missions
Between the years of 1769 - 1782, Father Junipero Serra and other Fransician friars establish 21 missions in California. -
The shot heard round the world
Five Americans are killed in the Boston Massacre. -
Blockheads
Britain blockades the Boston harbor. -
A Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party: 50 rebels disguised as Native Americans throw chests of tea into Boston harbor to protest the tax. -
Protest and Petition
The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia to protest and petition George III. -
Hilltop Battles
The battles of Breed's and Bunker hills in Boston happen. -
War
In 1775, Britain declares war on America. -
Fort Ticonderoga - Captured
Patriots (colonists for the freedom of America from Britain) under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold take Fort Ticonderoga. -
George Washington is chosen to be Commander in Cheif of the American forces
The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and names George Washington commander in cheif of the American forces. The soon to be first president of the US under the Constitution is said to have been embarrased and run from the room! -
The First Shots of Independence
The battles of Lexington and Concord happen. -
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The American Revolution
For seven years, America fought Britain for Independance. This Revolution contained many spectacular victories, many deaths, and freedom. In 1778, France joined the war on the side of America. In the War of 1812, Francis Key Scott wrote a poem that became the American National Anthem. When the British finally surrendered, America rejoiced. -
New York - Captured
The British capture New York City and the Americans retreat to Pennsylvania. -
American Victory at Fort Sullivan
The American troops defeat the british at Fort Sullivan in Charleston, South Carolina. -
Common Sense
Tom Paine, a powerful writer, publishes Common Sense. -
Declaration of Independence
In 1776, the Declaration was finished and signed. It claimed America's freedom from Britain and started the American Revolution. -
General Washington the Hero crosses the Delaware River
In a surprise attack, Washington and his troops capture Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey. It was Christmas Eve, and the river had chunks of ice across the surface. Here is a link containing more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington's_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River
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American Victory at Saratoga
The Americans, under the command of General Gates, defeat General Burgoyne at Saratoga. This was an important victory, because it convinced the French to join the fight for the American's cause. It proved that the new nation was capable of obtaining their independence and worthy of help. -
Valley Forge
The winter that the the American army spent at Valley Forge was cold and devastating. Starvation and the freezing temperature killed many of the soldiers, but George Washington did his best to keep their hopes up, but there were many deserts and most men left as soon as their negotiated term of service expired. It was a desperate situation.
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French and American Victory
The French fleet and American troops defeat the British at Yorktown. They surrender, and the war is over.
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Articles of Confederation
The Congress adopts its first constitution, the Articles of Confederation. -
Britain (finally) Recognizes American Independence
In 1783, Britain realizes that America is independant and the war is over. -
The Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance, one of the few thing that went right under the Articles of Confederation, divides up the Northwest Territory among several states. It forbids slavery in these areas.
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The Constitution
The Founding Fathers in the Constitutional Convention adopted a new Constitution, which is still in use. It went into use on March 4, of 1788. -
Constitution Approved
The Constitution is ratified by three-quarters of the states and becomes law. -
George Washington - First President of the United States under the Constitution
George Washington is elected first president of the United States. -
Where should the capital go?
After trying New York and Philadelphia, it was decided that a new city should be built, called the District of Columbia (or Washington D.C.), to house the capital building. It is not in any state, so as not to be unfair. -
The Thriving States of America
In 1790, the first American Census was made, in order to keep track of the US's inhabitants. It counted 3,929,214 people, not including the Native Americans thatlived in the west. 697, 681 of those that were counted were slaves. Only America's beloved Benjamin Franklin didn't get counted, because he died that year. -
The Death of an American Hero
Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father who had done so much for our new nation, died peacfully in his sleep at the age of 84.
About Ben Franklin:
He was born on January 17, 1706
Ben had a son named William, who later became a Loyalist and spied on his dad for the British.
His wife, Deborah Read, actually loved reading!
He was educated at the Boston Latin School.
In 1753, Franklin was awarded the Copley Medal "on account of his curious Experiments and Observations on Electricity."
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Bill of Rights
James Madison, one of the Founding Fathers, writes the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. -
Vermont is 14th!
Vermont becomes the 14th state of America. -
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. This is not an alchoholic drink made of cotton. 'Gin' is short for engine. The cotton engine picked out the black seeds from a particular type of cotton that grew well in South America so that the cotton could be cleaned and dyed and woven in to yarn and then cloth for making clothes. This machine resulted in two things:
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Edwin James
Edwin P. James was a 19th-century American botanist, geographer and geologist who explored the American West. James wrote two books about his exploration and made an atlas of the west.
Born: 27 August, 1797
Exploration: 1819-1821
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James Madison Secretary of State
James Madison, a founding father and the 4th president of the United States becomes Secretary of State for Thomas Jefferson in 1801 and after eight years, retires from his position. -
A book still in use and Nathaniel Bowditch the Great
Over 200 hundred years ago, in 1802 to be exact, an extremely intelligent young man named Nathaniel Bowditch published his book, which was called The American Practical Navigator. It was somewhat like an almanac, but for sailors and seamen. In it, he told how to navigate the ocean using the stars and some math. It was a great acheivment, and his book is so accurate that some people use it today! Hurrah, Nathaniel! -
Unconstitutional or Constitutional?
It was not until 1803 that the Supreme Court first claimed that the states had the right to decide if a law is unconstitutional. -
Lousiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson doubles the US land when he buys hundreds of miles of western land from France in 1803. -
The Lewis and Clark Expedition - A Scientific Journey
In 1804, Merriwether Lewis and William Clark set out west along with some other men bearing instructions from President Thomas Jefferson to map and explore the wild west, a.k.a basically all the land beyond the Mississippi River. Their team traveled over a hundred miles to the shore of the Pacific Ocean in Oregon, and met many Native American tribes of which some were friendly and others were not. They picked up an Indian man with his wife and tiny baby. They discovered hundreds of new species. -
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Abraham Lincoln ~ 16th President of the U.S.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Born: February 12, 1809, Hodgenville, KY
Height: 6' 4"
Assassinated: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.
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James Madison
James Madison becomes the fourth president of the United States. -
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James Madison Presidency
James Madison is sworn into office in 1809 and retires after two four year terms in 1817. -
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The War of 1812
In the War of 1812, the Newly United States of America defeats britain once and for all and is truly an independent country. -
The Native Hero
Tecumseh, a Native American Hero, was killed in 1813.He had been captured and put in jail. George Catlin wrote that he got dressed and accesorized himself with his bullet pouch and war belt and powder horn and lay his knife beside him. He called for his looking glass and his red paint and painted half of his face, his neck and hands and the handle on his knife 'red with vermillion ... he smiled away his last breath, without a struggle or groan.' Tecumseh had killed himself. -
Influencial words
Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" to celebrate the British defeat (American victory) at Baltimore during the war of 1812 and inspires hundreds of Americans. -
Dolley Madison the Hero
Dolley Madison, President James Madison's wife, was having a dinner party with her friends when news came that british soldiers were coming to torch the White House (actually it wasn't called the white house yet). Dolley's friends went into a panic and insisted that Dolley escape with them, but the brave woman stayed behind and managed to collect many paintings, documents, and other treasures before the soldiers arrived. When they did, she was gone, and so was the treasure, so they feasted. -
New States!
Between the years of 1816 and 1819, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, and Alabama become the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd states of the US. -
James Madison
After two four year terms as president, James Madison, now years old, retires. His two vice presidents were George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry. -
Another Exploration
In 1819, President Monroe's Secretary of War, John Calhoun, decided to organize an exploration expedition of the west. The mission included the men Stephen Long, a math professor, Edwin James, a scientist and surgeon, and Titian Peale and Samuel Seymour, artist, all with orders to draw pictures of the landscape, the animals, and the flowers. James wrote a two-volume account of the journey and made an atlas. -
Even more states!
In 1820 and 1821, Maine and Missouri became the 23rd and 24th states. -
Death of Daniel
At the age of 86, Daniel Boone, the brave American Explorer dies. -
The Sequoian Alphabet
After many repeated efforts to devise a written language for the Native Americans, Sequoyah, from the Cherokee tribe, finally succeeds in making symbols for each Cherokee sound that can be written. He ended up making around 85 symbols total, which is large amount compared to the 26 English ones. But he had started out by making marks for sentences. -
Bold Americans
The Americans become bolder and start settling west of the Mississippi River, and Missouri becomes a state. -
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Mountain Men
In 1822, William Ashley put an ad in the newspaper which called to men who loved danger and wildness. The ad invited them to live as the Indians did, and tap beavers for food and fur instead of buying from the Natives. Ashley would arrange an annual riverside rendezvous where all the mountain men could make merry. This offer seemed appealing to some restless Amerians. For a time beaver hats were so fashionable that in 20 years, beavers were almost extinct. -
An Adventure
Jedediah Smith leads his men too the Mexican territory of California. -
Death!
Jefferson and Adams, two great American heroes who both served as president, die on July 4th of 1826, exactly 50 years after the production of the Declaration of Independance.
Legend has it that John Adam's last words were, 'Jefferson lives on'. That ending is so sad and beautiful that it makes my eyes tear up. -
The New Type of President
Andrew Jackson becomes the seventh President of the US during the election of 1828. He was different because he came from a poor family instead of a rich one and had lost all of his family by the time he was 15. He, like the other presidents before him, was also a learned war hero. -
The Trail of Tears
Though most of America's history is filled with pride and victory, 1830 was definately not America's best time.
President Andrew Jackson signes the Indian Removal Act which stated that in order to keep Native Americans from being harmed and open up new land to the whites, the peoples which had called America 'home' for hundreds of years (the Natives) were to be removed from their land and to and Indian Reservation west of the Mississippi. Many were sent against their will and many died. -
Red Creek Seminoles
The Seminole didn't want to move. And when they set out men to see what the land they were being offered was like, they were outraged to find that the early Americans expected them to live alongside the White Creeks, their enemies. When the Seminole refused to move, things started to get bloody. Seminoles and Americans started killing each other and finally the Americans gave up. That meant that more that a Seminoles got to keep their land! (for a while, at least...) -
Entry by Long
Sometime after his expedition with Edwin James, Stephen Long said this about the plains that went from the edge of the Mississippi woodlands to the Rocky Mountains: In regard to this extensive section of the country, I do not hesitate in giving the opinion, that it is almost wholly unfit for cultivation, and of course, uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. -
Indians of the Plains
In two years, from 1832-1834, George Catlin paints Indians of the Plains. -
Arkansas, Number 25
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Cherokees
The Cherokees were one of the most stubborn Indian tribes when it came to moving off their land. Finally white men had to come to their houses, grab them, and force them onto the Trail of Tears.
In 1838, all of them set out west against their will. -
Slave to Celebrity
The slave, Fredrick Douglass, flees from the south. -
Bidwell
In 1841, John Bidwell and his friends made it to California, by crossing the deadly Sierra Nevadas. They were without wagons or oxen, for the oxen had been eaten to keep from starving.
It had been a hard journey for them all, starting when Bidwell went on vacation. On return, he found that his land had been stolen, and he had no desire to fight, so he persuaded his friends to join him on a traveling wagon train headed west, after hearing about the fantasy land of California from a Frenchman. -
Nakahama (John) is Saved by Americans
As a teenager, Japanese 小作農* Nakahama Manjiro had been stranded on an island with his friends. When they were about to starve, an American whaling ship picked them up.
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Pulleys Save
In 1844, the first US covered wagons made it over the Sierra Nevadas using a pulley system.That encouraged the pioneers to start flooding west... -
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James K Polk Presidency
From 1845 to 1849, James K Polk serves as the eleventh president of the US. Three months after his first term ends and he retires, Polk dies of exhaustion because of his hardwork during his time in office. -
James K Polk
President James K Polk is sworn into office and serves as president for one term. He was a busy, hard working man, and he accomplished many things while he was in office, including making the Oregon and California territories part of the United States, churning out three new states, and fighting a war with Mexico. -
Pioneers want WEST!
In 1845, 3000 pioneers traveled west on the Oregon and California trails. -
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Religious Pioneers also want WEST!
Fron 1845 to 1845, over 5000 religious pioneers left the United States and traveled to Wisconsin. -
Texas, Wisconsin, Iowa
President Polk, the most hard working president that America had ever seen, was sworn into office in 1845.
His long days and hard work paid off when three new states came to be.Texas became a state of the US after a struggle with the Mexicans (it was their land). So did Iowa and Wisconsin which were originally Native American territories. -
The 49er's, or The Gold Rush Begins!!!
In 1848, John Marshall discovers two flakes of gold on Sutter's property. News spreads, and by 1849, California is rife with miners. -
James K Polk
In 1849, after a succesful term as president, James K Polk resigns and three months later dies of exhaustion from his hard work. -
SUSAN B ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH CADY STANTON MEET
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Speech Of ST Published
In 1851, the speech of Sojourner Truth, a former slave, is published in a newspaper. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is written by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, inspring thousands of Americans and ohers world wide (it was translated into 37 languages). Within a week 10,000 copies were sold. Later on, during the Civil War, the English decided not to join the South because of this amazing novel. -
Up-and-down
Elisha Otis demonstrates a safety-equipped elevator at New York's crystal Palace. The event wasn't AS disatrous as people had expected. -
The Bridge
The Rock Island bridge is bulit across the Mississippi. -
Republicans vs Whigs
In 1854, the Republican Party is founded. Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, who was a Whig, becomes a Republican. -
John Brown - Saint or Devil?
John Brown is famous for murdering pro-slavery Americans in two well-known raids, the Kansas Bleeding and the Harper's Ferry killing.He believed that armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States, and got closer to abolishing slavery than anyone else up until the Civil War. An interesting story about John Brown is that he is said to have kissed an African American baby while he was being lead to the gallows, where he was to be hanged for murder -
The Dred Scott Desicion
Dred Scott, a slave, claimed that his master had once taken him to Ohio, which was a free state, before returning to Missouri, a slave state. Scott said that during his time in Ohio he became a free man, and sued his master for his freedom. However, it was decided by Taney that a slave was property and the Fifth Amedment protects property. Scott was not free. -
Oil Industry begins
Edwin Drake discovers oil in Pennsylvania. This begins the oil industry, which later people such as Rockefeller made big money from. -
The Lincoln-Douglass debates
The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between two powerful men. One was Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Illinois, and the other Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. The first debate was held in Ottawa on August 21. Douglass won the debates, and became a Senator of Illinois.
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The horrors of factories revealed!
Rebecca Harding, an American heroine, writes about factory conditions. Most readers are outraged; some sue the factories. She helped to alert Americans about the unfairness in factory life. -
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The Civil War
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Lincoln reads the Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation becomes official
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Lincoln is reelected as president
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The Civil War - Over
In 1865, the great Confederate Generat, Robert E. Lee, surrendered to the Union, and the war was over. -
Lincoln is Assassinated
United States President Abraham Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play, Our American Cousin, at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the ending of the Civil War by John Wikles Booth, an actor who was angry that the South had lost the war. -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was Vice President at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. -
Johnson takes charge!
In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson as his Vice President. Now, Lincoln has been assassinated, and Johnson takes charge of reconstruction. For more information, click here. -
Slavery - Abolished FINALLY!!!
The states ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, and slavery is finally abolished. Now former slaves are free, and eager to earn money. They are happy to be employed for low pay. In fact, the blacks are competition for white workers, who are want higher pay. -
Equality despite color (almost)
A Civil Rights Act guarantees blacks equality to the rights. However, segregation is not abolished, and for many years blacks and whites will be kept seperate, from black/white drinking fountains to black/white schools. -
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Who was Jedeidah?
Jedediah Strong Smith, the son of a Bainbridge, New York general store owner, was a hunter, trapper, fur trader, trailblazer, author, cartographer and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, and the American West. -
No Chinese until 1892!
Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act, forbidding Chinese to enter the U.S. or 10 years. -
Huck is Here
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Yick Wo v. Hopkins
The Supreme Court overturns Yick Wo v. Hopkins as a discriminatory and contrary to the 14th Amendment. -
A Happy Wedding
On March 17th, 1905, two extraordinary people were joined by marriage: the young and handsome politician Franklin Delano Roosevelt, cousin of president Theodore Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of Theodore Roosevelt. Eleanor supported FDR through his whole life,including when he was partially paralyzed by polio and when he was elected president for four terms. When he died in 1945, Eleanor went on to be a member of the United Nations and was an inspriring character for many years. -
Oklahoma, 46th
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Camille and Harriet
On March 10, 1913, French sculptor Camille Claudel was committed to a mental hospital at Ville-Evrard near Paris, where she would spend the remaining 30 years of her life, and Harriet Tubman, age 98, and perhaps one of the most famous former slaves in America, died.Harriet Tubman was short, about 5 feet tall, but stronger than most men. As a slave girl, she had endured many hardships. She carried scars for life, But she was corageous and determined, and lead many slaves to freedom. -
Archduke Assassination and the Great War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sofie, were assassinated by the young Serbian teenager Gavrilo Princip. This triggered a war between Serbia and Austro-Hungaria. Russia, who had formed an alliance with Serbia, joined the war. In fact, because of a tight-knit blanket of alliances throughout Europe, soon most of Europe was in war, including Germany, France, and Great Britain. This was the beginning of the Great War, later known as World War I. -
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World War I "The Great War"
The Great War, later known as World War I, lasted 1,568 days and the total number of military and civilian casualties was over 37 million: over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of deaths includes about 10 million military personnel and about 7 million civilians. America joined under President Woodrow Wilson because of pressure from its ally, Great Britain, on April 6, 1917. -
Lusitania sunk
The Lusitania, an American pleasure boat, was torpedoed by a German U-boat (submarine) and sunk. 1,198 passengers drownded out of about 2,000 total passengers, including the captain, who survived. -
First case of the Spanish Flu reported
The first case of the Spanish Flu, now known as the Influenza of 1918, was reported on March11, 1918 at Fort Riley, Kansas. A young soldier was admitted to an army hospital with symptoms of a bad cold. By noon, however, he and more than 100 men with similar complaints were diagnosed with influenza. The influenza started in America, Europe, and Asia and spread to almost every part of the world. It came in two waves, the first being mild but the second killing victims withtin hours. -
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World War II - part one - The Setup
After Germany lost WWI, it had to pay a huge amount of money to the winning side: France, Britain, etc. To be able to pay it, the German government printed more money. This led to an inflation. Thousands of the German currency were equal to one US dollar. One man, Adolf Hitler, was greatly angered by this. He gathered a group of supporters called the Nazis, and began to become more and more powerful, until he was the dictator. Hitler began to invade small nations, like Czechoslovakia. -
Prohibition Act Passed
On November 18, 1918, prior to ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, the U.S. Congress passed the temporary Wartime Prohibition Act, which banned the sale of alcoholic beverages having an alcohol content of greater than 2.75 percent.
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The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster -
Jackie Robinson Part I -- Background
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in the modern major leagues of baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1956.
At the end of the 19th century, the owners of all the major teams decided to keep people with dark skin out of the major leagues. African-Americans were only allowed to play on all-black teams, in what were called the Negro Leagues. There was not an official rule to keep baseball leagues segregated, but an unofficial color barrier. -
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The Roaring 20s
Women could vote. World War I was over. Alchohol was banned. The Spanish Flu pandemic had left, leaving 600,000 dead in the U.S. America was much much different. But the people wanted more change! Independant young girls were bobbing their hair, wearing short skirts, and driving cars. These were called flappers. Some people disapproved of flappers, but this was only one of the changes made during this crazy decade. President Calvin Coolage was all but loud, though. The small man was silent. -
Women vote
Freedom has finally been acheived for ALL Americans, including women. Women vote for the first time in 1920, after years of protesting and being jailed. Women rejoice. -
Urban life vs. Country life
The Census shows that for the first time, more than half of the United States' population is urban! -
Red Scare
In a "red scare", thousands of immigrants are arrested on suspicion of being communist. -
KDKA
KDKA, the nation's first commercial radio station, begins broadcasting out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
FDR and polio
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is crippled for life by polio, a disease usually found in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan nowadays.
After working very hard, he managed to regain movement in his upper body, but always needed his wheelchair. -
The Great Depression
Unfortunately, the Roaring 20's were short lived. In 1929, the Great Depression began due to economic struggles in America. Also, in the west, farmers were becoming very poor thanks to the big drought known as the Dust Bowl. This definitely a time of depression, and such every-day goals like eating a full meal became harder to accomplish.1.5 million were unemployed. Soon the 10 years of freedom and change prior to the Great Depression were forgotten, and most people lost hope. -
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The Holocaust
The "Holocaust" refers to the period from January 30, 1933, when Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, to May 8, 1945, the end of the war in Europe. Hitler convinced the German people that Jews were respnsible for everything bad - the Great War, the Depression, and so on. He and his Nazi army began rounding up Jews and putting them in concentration camps, where they were starved, tortured, and killed. Millions of Jews and other minorities that Hitler didn't like were killed during the Holocaust. -
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Presidency of FDR
Franklin Delano Rooselvelt wins the presidential election against sitting president Herbert Hoover. He has been involved in politics for a while now, being a state governer and even running for Vice President with James Cox in 1920. Although he lost, the American people kept an eye on him. During his presidency, Franklin created a set of laws called the New Deal. FDR died from a stroke in '45, after being elected for 4 terms of presidency. -
the New Deal
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 + 38, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of FDR. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy; and Reform of the financial system. -
1933 Women
Frances Perkin becomes Secretary of Labor and the forst woman cabinet labor. -
First Lady of the World
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President FDR's four terms in office. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements. -
Prohibition Act Repealed
The repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933. -
SAFE!
Stalin signs a non-aggression pact with Hitler. -
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World War II - part 2 - the War
To avoid another war, France and Britain let Hitler rise to power and conquer. They though that Czechoslovakia wasn't worth fighting over. This was a mistake. If France and Britain had crushed Hitler at the beginning, WWII would never had happened. But it did. Hitler and his army invaded Poland and began shoving Jews in concentration camps. France and Britain declared war. It was the Allies (France, Britain, etc.) against Germany, Italy, and Japan. Then Japanese planes attacked the US. -
Germany vs. Britain
Germany tries to bomb Britain into submission. -
The Cold War
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history/videos/cold-war#cold-warFor 40 years, there was lots of tension between the US and USSR. This was called the Cold War. Even though there was no fighting, the Space Race that got people on to the moon, and lots of war technology still remains from that period. -
NOT SAFE
Hitler ignores the Nazi-Soviet Pact, invading the Soviet Union; Russia joins the Allied forces. -
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World War II - part three - America involvement in the war
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory on December 7th, 1941. Until then, the American people had refused to get involved in the war. The government knew about the planned attack on Pearl Harbor, but they let it happen. And sure enough, it angered the American citizens enough to make them join the war. President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will live in infamy." -
D-Day and VE-Day
It is uncertain what D-Day stands for, but it happened on June 6th of 1944 when a peace treaty was signed and Germany surrendered. The day before that, Hitler had married his girlfriend, Eva. They are thought to have commited suicide after the surrender. However, modern DNA testing on what was supposed to be Adolf's skull proofed it to belong to an unidentified woman.But in America people rejoyced, as seen in the photo (although this particular one was, in fact, posed). -
Anne Frank
Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, keeps a diary of her time spent in hiding and then in a concentration camp, which is now one of the most famous books worldwide, and which has been published in over 60 languages. She dies in the camp at age 15 from a sickness one month before it is liberated. -
Communism
Senator Joseph McCarthy stirs up anti-communist hysteria with a nationwide witch-hunt. -
Babe Ruth retires
Due to his age and unhealthy diet, former baseball star Babe Ruth retires. -
3 men and a plan
Truman, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Potsdam in Germany to plan for peace in Europe. -
Babe diagnosed with cancer
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Jackie Robinson Part II -- Robinson & Rickey
A man named Branch Rickey disagreed with segregation. He owned the Brooklyn Dodgers, but he recognized lots of talented stars in the Negro Leagues. In October 1945, he met Jackie Robinson, then a 26-year old infielder. Robinson joined the Dodgers, and baseball became one of the first areas of American entertainment to integrate. -
Death of baseball?
Babe Ruth, former baseball star of the New York Yankess, Baltimore Orielles, and other teams, dies from cancer. However, this is NOT the end of baseball, which continues to flourish as an American sport. Before his death, Babe Ruth's name was added to the Baseball Hall of Fame. -
The First of the Best - History of McDonald's
Do you think that McDonald’s has standards? Okay, well maybe a little bit, but you wouldn’t recognize anything but the big yellow M on a red sign if you went back about 50 years to the first McDonald’s restaurant. Maurice wanted it to have high standards, so he made a series of strict rules: men workers always had to shave, and could not bear mustaches or beards. He inspected all of their nails, to ensure that they were clean and filed. He did not often hire women workers, for the fear that th -
"I have a Dream"
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Martin Luther King
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Segregation
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Jackie Robinson Part III -- His Tough Career
Jackie Robinson had to endure a great deal of verbal abuse from fans, audiences, and even players on the opposing team. One year though, Robinson hit .297 and scored 125 runs. After a few seasons, the Dodgers rose to the top of the major leagues and Robinson became somewhat of a superstar. In1956, at age 37, Jackie Robinson retired from baseball. -
Malcom X
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist.
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First Space Walk
In March 1965, at the age of 30, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk in history, beating out American rival Ed White on Gemini 4 by almost three months. -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman and civil rights leader who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. -
First Moon Walk
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC
