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Battle of Fort Sumter
First Official battle of the Civil War where the first shots were fired. It was a major Confederate victory but was soon followed by victories by the North. -
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Battle of the First Bull Run
The south won and General Jackson got the nickname Stonewall Jackson. The North realized that the war was pretty serious and would not be an easy victory. -
7 Days Battles
6 battles in seven days between Robert E. Lee and George McClellan. Union won and then withdrew, allowing confederates to escape -
Battle at Antietam Maryland
Ended Lee’s invasion of the North and was considered the bloodiest day in the Civil War. There were 227,17 dead, wounded, or missing. -
Battle of Gettysburg
A turning point in the war where the North won. Picketts charge was made and Lee's second campaign on the North was shut down. -
End of The Civil War
Final major battle fought at Appomatix courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant. -
The Sherman Antitrust Act was enacted( no specific date)
Enacted by Congress to protect against monopolizing buisnesses. Persecuted bad trust companies like the Northern Trust company created by J.P Morgan who monopolized transport. -
Theodore Roosevelt became 26th president
Theodore Rossevelt became the youngest president who used the Square Deal to distinguish good and bad corporations. He believed in use of government intervention in the economy. -
Hepburn Act (no specific day)
This followed the Sherman Act of 1890 giving Interstate Commerce Comission power to regulate railroad rates and observe rail road companies books. -
Passing of the 16th and 18th amendment
By Taft who thought corporations were good unless they stifled competition. Income tax ment the government did not have to rely on liquor taxes anymore. -
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The roaring twenties
A time in America with jazz music, cars and illegal iquor consumption. They brought prosperity, credit, anti-immigrant feelings and the worst economic crisis. -
Short term economic growth (the 20's)
New fields like airplanes, chemical engineering and more. Also old corporations took up fordism and assembly lines. Change in economy was temporary and brought by increased productivity. -
Celebrity Staus Created -- Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic without stopping. This made him a celebrity-one of the first of his time, a man as a buisness. -
Enactment of Peacetime Draft
The US Congress enacted the first peacetime draft for the military,which was the first step to involvement in the second World War. This mustered an army to be used. America became the Arsenal of Democracy and with the Lend Lease act which gave money and aid to countries fighting the Nazis to be paid later. -
Pearl Harbor
After the Americans froze all Japanese assets here and essentially ended all trade, the japanese bombed pearl harbor in Hawaii. Japanese pilots attacked Pearl Harbor naval base destroying 187 aircraft, 18 naval vessels, and more than 2000 American servicemen were killed -
Bataan Death March
78000 American and Filipino soldiers surrendered in one of the greatest surrender ever and contributed to a large amount of deaths during the march to prison camps. -
Operation Torch November
First Battle where American troops fought against europeans in World War 2. It was fought in Northern Africa. -
D-day
Americans, British, and Canadian soldiers joined together to fight at Normandy.That was the beginning of the end for the Nazis and a major accomplish for the allied forces.
