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US History: VHS Summer: Julia Tocci
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The compromise of 1877
March 2 – In the Compromise of 1877, the U.S. presidential election, 1876 is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876. -
Railway Strike of 1877
July 6 - A strike against the Baltimore & Ohio railroad ignites a series of strikes across the northeast. The violence and disturbances that follow result in Federal troops being called out for the first time in a labor dispute. The strike is crushed, but it gives evidence of the deep conflict between workers and business owners. -
The battle of Isandlwana
January 22 – Battle of Isandlwana, this was the first major encounter in the Anglo–Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. A force of 1,200 British soldiers was wiped out by the zulu warriors -
Assassination of James A. Garfield
July 2 – James A. Garfield, President of the United States, is shot by lawyer Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. He survives the shooting but suffers from infection of his wound, dying on September 19. -
U.S. presidential election
November 4 – Democrat Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms -
Americanization
the influence the United States has on the culture of other countries, such as their popular culture, cuisine, technology, business practices, or political techniques. -
NAACP is founded
February 12 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. -
Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
June 28 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo -
Sinking of the Lusitania
May 7 - The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat, U-20. 1,198 passengers, including 128 Americans were killed -
Stock Market Crashes
October 24 - The stock market crashes, marking the end of six years of unparalleled prosperity for most sectors of the American economy. -
Declaration of WW2
September 3 - France and Great Britain declared war on Germany -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7 - Japanese bombers fire on the USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor, almost 3,000 Americans were killed. This caused the U.S. to enter WW2 -
bombing of Hiroshima
August 6 - The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000) -
beginning of the Korean War
June 24 - Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons -
The sit in movement
February 1 - four young African-American men, students at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College, go to a Woolworth in Greensboro, North Carolina, and sit down at a whites-only lunch counter. They order coffee. Despite being denied service, they sit silently and politely at the lunch counter until closing time. Their action marks the start of the Greensboro sit-ins, which sparks similar protests all over the South. -
The Freedom Riders
May 4 - the Freedom Riders, composed of seven African-American and six white activists, leave Washington, D.C. for the rigidly segregated Deep South. Organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), their goal is to test Boynton v. Virginia -
Flower Power
a symbol of passive resistance and non-violence ideology. Hippies embraced the symbolism by dressing in clothing with embroidered flowers and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair, and distributing flowers to the public, becoming known as flower children -
Trickle-Down Economics
terms in United States politics to refer to the idea that tax breaks or other economic benefits provided to businesses and upper income levels will benefit poorer members of society by improving the economy as a whole -
Globalization
the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, including the rise of the telegraph and its posterity the Internet, are major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities. -
New World Order
any period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power
