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Treaty of Fort Laramie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)
Was an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation[1] signed on April 29, 1868 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, guaranteeing to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. The Powder River Country was to be henceforth closed to all whites. -
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US History: 1877-2011
This timeline will explore historical events in US History 1877-2011. Key events, people, and ideas will be included. -
Immigration to United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States
Immigration to United States reached its peak between 1880-1920. Immigration to the United States is a complex demographic phenomenon that has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. -
Statue of Liberty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, was built by Gustave Eiffel and dedicated on October 28, 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. -
Dawes Act of 1887
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Act
The Dawes Act of 1887 adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship. -
McKinley Tariff Act of 1890
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Tariff
The Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley Tariff, was an act of the United States Congress framed by Representative William McKinley that became law on October 1, 1890. The tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition -
Platt Amendment of 1901
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Amendment
On March 2, 1901, the Platt Amendment was passed as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions. -
World War I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
First World War, or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. -
Lusitania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania
British ocean liner that was sunk by a German submarine in World War I, causing a major diplomatic uproar. The ship was a holder of the Blue Riband, and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. -
Harlem Renaissance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance
a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanned the 1920s. The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the Great Migration (African American), of which Harlem was the largest. -
The Great Depression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. The depression originated in the United States, after a fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday). -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Rosie the Riveter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies.[1][2] These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military. Rosie the Riveter is used as a symbol of feminism and women's economic power. -
1950s Pursuing the American Dream
http://www.achrnews.com/articles/87033-the-1950s-pursuing-the-american-dream
Americans in the 1950s could optimistically pursue the American dream. Part of that dream included the comforts of home ownership and the opportunity to start a family. Although the housing boom began shortly after World War II, it wasn’t until 16 million veterans actually returned from the war that America went on a full-fledged housing spree. The baby boom was well on its way. -
Brown v. Board of Education
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
This was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating, took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined. -
Assassination of President John F Kennedy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy
The 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy was traveling with his wife, Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife, Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. Kennedy's death marked the fourth and most recent assassination of an American President. -
Ronald Reagan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan
The 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader. -
Reaganomics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics or voodoo economics by political opponents, and free-market economics by political advocates. -
Morning in America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_in_America
"Prouder, Stronger, Better", commonly referred to by the name "Morning in America", is a 1984 political campaign television commercial, known for its opening line, "It's morning again in America." The ad was part of the U.S. presidential campaign of Republican Party candidate Ronald Reagan. -
The Internet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide. The linking of commercial networks and enterprises by the early 1990s marks the beginning of the transition to the modern Internet. -
Bill Clinton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton
The 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton was previously Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, and the Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. -
Columbine High School massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine. In addition to the shootings, the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99 explosive devices, and car bombs.
