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Massacre at Sand Creek
A ruthless masscre by the Colorado Volunteers, led by Colonel John Chivington, on the Cheyenne people of Colorado was one of many hostilities upon the Native American people. The Cheyenne tried to calm the Volunteers but their efforts were ignored. Half of the tribe was killed and/or scalped. This made the other Native Americans in the surrounding areas retaliate. After a battle ending in stalemate, the Treaty of Fort Laramie brought a temporary end to the fights. -
The Transcontinental Railway was Finished
http://www.ushistory.org/us/36a.asp
The Transcontinental Railway was built so people could travel the span of the continental United States. It was considered the "manifest destiny"; it was an intention under God for Americans to have control. The railroads incresased the development of the Western half of the nation, resulting in areas that were still territories to become states. It also helped businesses get more clients across the country. -
(Social) Darwinism
http://www.victorianweb.org/science/darwin/intro.html
Charles Darwin studied evolution and came up with the Darwinism theory. It was in October of 1838 that he wrote in a journal: "...favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed. The results of this would be the formation of a new species." This theory brought on Social Darwinists who opposed slack to keep the poor people alive, for they were the people with unfavorable traits who needed to die out. -
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US History
Timeline based on US history from 1877 to the present. Project for VHS online course. -
Geronimo
http://www.biography.com/people/geronimo-9309607#warrior-leader
Geronimo was the leader of the Apache tribe. They were a big and successful tribe that had been compromised by the setttlers for many years. When Geronimo became the leader, he decided to stop making the tribe passive and he retaliated to the settlers. He was defeated, and that ended the Native Americans fighting back in the west. -
The Homestead Act
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/h/ho022.html
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a way to put private ownership on federal land, and it was applied to Oklahoma in 1889.This act gave about 1.6 million acres of federal land to people for their own use. This land was frequently stolen from the Native Americans. -
Eugene V Debs
http://debsfoundation.org/personalhistory.html
Debs, a socialist, made a famous anti-war speech in Ohio while World War 1 was happening in Europe. He was arrested under the war-time espionage law which states that criticizing the government's war efforts was punishable by jailtime. He was sentenced to 10 years. While in jail, he was elected to be the Socialist candidate in the 1920 election and came in with about 1 million votes. -
Guernica
Guernica is a small town in Spain that was attacked around 4:30 in the afternoon by Germany. They were bombed with airplanes under the command of Colonel Wolfram von Richthofen. Picasso painted a mural about the attack and what it meant to him; itwas monochromatic with grays, blacks and whites. There was havoc everywhere. It is appreciated as a piece dedicated to the innocent losing their lives in war.
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Anti-Japanese Paranoia
After Pearl Harbor, people thought that peole of Japanese ancestry were still loyal to that country and perhaps being used as spies. President Roosevelt ordered they be put in concentration camps to take them out of the American population and prevent any further harm by that group of people. While the rest of the country was uniting over the attack, the Japanese-Americans were being prosecuted over something that isn't their fault. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was an 85 mile stretch that Filipino and American POWs had to walk after being surrendered to Japanese forces. Thousands of people died. After the march, they had to live in terrible prison environments. However, there were survivors and their efforts and struggles are commemorated with a Bataan Memorial March every year.
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The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a conference held between Josef Stalin of the USSR, Winston Churchill of GB and President Rooosevelt of the US. IT was basically used to decide when the Soviets would impede on Japan.
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V-E Day
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/v-e-day-is-celebrated-in-american-and-britain
Both America and Britain celebrated a victory. V-E day was the day Nazi soldiers ceased fire. 13,000 British POWs were relased back to their country. Meanwhile, Soviet Russia took a lot of Germans as prisoner around this time to prevent them from fleeing West. -
The United Nations
http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/
The UN is a group founded by 51 cuntries to maintain internatioal peace in the world. It was made also as an imporvement on the League of Nations. -
The 1980 Presidential Election
The 1980 US election was between Ronald Reagan as the Republican and Jimmy Carter as the Democrat. Right before election time, the race was very tight. It was only after the debate in October and the anniversary of Americans taken hostage in Tehran that the population realized another term of Carter might not be the best. -
Video Killed the Radio Star
The Buggles wrote Video Killed the Radio Star in the 1970's. It is credited for being the debut of MTV when it aired at 12:01 AM. It started an era of mainstream television and new ways of broadcasting that is still being routinely used today. -
The Execution of NIcolae Ceausescu
The execution of Nicolae Ceausecu and his wife was broadcasted on Christmas day in 1989. They were the ruthless dictators of Romania and were summarily killed after commiting crimes such as killingn upwards of 60,000 people and undermining the country's economy by taking ~$1 billion and attempting to flee the ocuntry. -
Invasion of Kuwait
The Invasion of Kuwait was when Iraq thought that Kuwait was stealing it's petroleum so it decided to invade. Suddam Hussein declared it Iraq's 19th province. Kuwait was completely overwhelmed by Iraq's power; the US had given Iraq $80 billion worth of artillery and war supplies to help its war with Iran, making Iraq's army the fourth largest in the world. -
The North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA was an attempt to eliminate problems with trade between Mexico, the US and Canada. FOr the US, it's credited for bringing in $1.2 trillion in traade money between Canada and MExico, but it also sent about 700,000 manufacturing jobs to Mexico. Good and bad, this agreement did a lot of big things for all coutnries participating. -
The Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected networks that connects billions of computers and other devices around the globe. It was first invented in the 1960's but the more modern Internet wasn't made and distributed for public use until the 80's. Main uses include communication to anybody in the world and transferring data.
