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The Sand Creek massacre
Sand Creek massacreIt was a massacre of Native Americans. It killed an estimated 70-163 Indians. -
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U.S. History 1877-Present Summer
This is the history of the United States after its independence and Civil War. It is telling how did the United States formed current society after its independence. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
It was yhe first major law restricting immigratino to the United States. It halted Chinese immigration for ten years. -
The Haymarket Affair
The Haymarket AffairOn May 1, 1886, international workers day, local chapters of the Knights went on strike demanding an eight-hour day for al laborers. In Haymarket Square in Chicago on May 4, some one threw a bomb into the crown and a police officer died. -
Annexing Hawaii
Annexation of HawaiiIn Hawaii, the planters staged an uprising to overthrouw the Queen. Then they appealed to the United States armed forces for protection. This led Hawaii to be annexed by the Unites States. -
Sinking the Lusitania
Farewell to Isolationa German U-boat torpedoed the United States ship without warning. This led the United States to join the World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles
TREATY OF VERSAILLESThe World War I officially ended with the signing of this treaty. Most part of it was created by Allied powers. The treaty was too harsh for Germany. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance
It was a literary, artistic, and intellectual idea that kindled a new black cultural identity. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Equal Rights AmendmentIt was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed along the idea of feminism. It was first introduced in 1923.
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Stock Market Crash
STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929Stock Market Crashed. Investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day.This crash led America into the Great Depression. -
Evening Falls
René Magritte at the MenilRene Magritte also drew "Evening Falls" in 1936 (I am not sure about the specific dates).
It it another picture said to be sybolizing our understanding of the past. -
Key to the Fields
Rene Magritte “Key to the Fields”Rene Magritte drew "Key to the Fields in 1936 (I am not sure about the dates).
It symbolize our understanding of the past. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl HarborJapanese surprise attack was carried out at Pearl Harbor. It caused the United States to join the World War II. -
Atomic bombs attacks
BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
An atomic bomb was dropped on Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later on August 9th, another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
These bombings led the end of World War II. -
Cold War starts
Cold WarIt was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and power in the Eastern Bloc. Western Bloc was consist of the United States and its allies. Eastern Bloc was consist of the Soviet Union and its allies.
Historians have not fully agreed on the dates yet. It was from 1947 to 1991. -
Feminism
Modern FeminismThe belieg and aim that women should have the same right and oppoitunities as men. It spreaded during 1950s -
The Vietnam War
Vietnam WarIt was the part of the Cold War. The United States side and the Soviet Union side fought with each other. -
Republicanism
RepublicanismAn idea in which a president and politicians elected by people with no king or queen. President Reagan was following this idea. -
INF Treaty (End of the Cold War)
End of the Cold WarRonald Wilson Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed INF Treaty. This treaty promised discarding of missiles and some other weapons. -
Globalization
GlobalizationThe fact that different cultures and economic systems around the world are becoming connected and similar to each other because of the influence of large. In 1900s, the influence of large was from the United States, and the world staｒted to become connected. -
Americanization
AmericanizationIt is the influence of the United States on the other countries. It start with exports and imports, military stationing at foreign countries, and many other ways.
