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World History 2 Timelline
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Jim Crow LAws
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Jamestown
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House of Burgesses
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Beginning of slavery
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Mayflower Compact
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French and Indian War
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Treaty of Paris
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Proclamation of 1763
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Stamp Act
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Old immigrants
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
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Articles of Confederation
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Critical Period
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Land Ordinence of 1785
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Shay's Rebellion
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Washington's Presidency
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Judiciary act of 1789
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Cotton Gin!
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Adams Presidency
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Jefferson's Presidency
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Marbury Vs. Madison
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Louisiana Purchase
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War of 1812
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Missouri Compromise
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McCulloch Vs. Maryland
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Susan B anthony
Fighter for Women's suffrage. -
Gibbons Vs. Ogden
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Monroe Doctrine
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Age of the common man
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Jackson's presidency
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Indian removal act of 1830
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Battle of the Alamo
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Annexation of Texas
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Mexican-American War
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Reservation system
Indians are forced to live in selected pieces of land across america. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
From Harriet Beecher Stowe came a story of slavery and hardships. Showedthe evils of slavery. -
Dredd Scott Case
Case pleading for black rights. Was denied. -
Election of 1860
Election between Abraham Lincoln and John C. Breckenridge as the two primary candidates. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
South Carolinian militia attack Union held Fort Sumter before the garrison retreats. -
Battle of Antietam
Northern Army suffers a great defeat at the hands of the confederates but successfully halt invasion. -
Emancipation Proclomation
Abraham Lincoln declares all slaves within rebelling states free -
Siege of Vicksburg
General Grant captures Confederate town, successfully cutting the Confederacy in two. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the war after Virginian army was shattered. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gives a speech talking about american ideals and sacrifice. -
13th Amendment
Amendment giving freedom to slaves. -
Surrender at Appamatox
Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the war. -
Reconstruction
With the end of the war came time to fix the south -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln is shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth. -
Homestead act
Acres of land are offered to willing travelers in the mid-west. -
First reconstruction act
Created military occupation of the south. -
14th Amendment
All American citizens include blacks -
Election of 1868
Grant becomes president. -
Knights of Labor
Union of speciallized workers for the rights of workers. -
15th Amendment
Blacks can vote -
Chinese exclusion act
The number of immigrating chinese is restricted due to overpopulation. -
Haymarket square
During a strike, a bomb is let off killing several policeman. -
American Federation of labor
Association of multiple trade unions and specialized workers. -
Dawes act
Indians begin to become americanized with their land being sold to americans. -
Sherman anti-trust act.
Law passed to remove any boundaries to american trade. -
Homestead strike
Workers at a steel factory strike out against Henry Frick -
American Railway Union
Union founded and run by railway workers from Chicago. Led the pullman strike. -
Pullman Strike
Railwayy workers strike due to unfair wages and hours. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
Treaty that ended S-A war and made Spain give up territories in America -
Spanish american war
War between Spain and US. US wins -
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese rebels attack against european powers. Beat down mercilessly. -
Open Door Policy
Allowed open trade between Isolationist China and later Japan. -
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Progressive movement
Period of reform in american society. -
Platt Ammendment
Ammendment that gave control over Cuban affairs. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Declared that all european intervention in south america will result in american attack. Reflected monroe doctrine. -
Federal Trade Commision act
Commision set up by Wilson in order to fight against trades. -
Panama Canal
Canal opened up between North and South America. This made travel to the pacific half as long. -
WWI
Total war on a massive scale breaks out in europe. Kills 12 million. -
Clayton antitrust act
Expanded on the sherman antitrust act. -
US enters WWI
America joins WWI against Germany. -
14 points
Wilson's plan to keep peace in europe. It fails -
18th Ammendment
Abolished alcohal. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty ended WWI. Harsh on Germany -
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Great Migration
African Americans from the south moved north. -
Harlem Renaissance
Culture and arts explode in urban society. -
Immigration restriction act
Immigration into the US is restricted once more to all countries and ethnicities. -
Scopes Trial
Man trialed by Tennessee for teaching evolution -
Black tuesday
Stock market crashes sparking great depression -
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Great Depression
America saw her worst economic downfall. -
Germany becomes a fascist nation
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New Deal
Roosevelt's plan to ease out of the depression. -
FDIC
Regulated how banks operated and gave loans. -
Dust Bowl
Drought in the midwest with huge dust storms. Many starved and died. -
Wagner act
Allowed the creations of workers; unions -
Social Security Act
Give benefits to unemployed -
Non-aggression pact
Germany and Russia promise to not attack another. -
War in Europe Begins
Germany invades Poland. France + Britain declare war. -
germany invades Russia
German army attacks Russia -
Pearl Harbor
Japan sneak attacks Pearl Harbor Hawaii -
Battle of Midway
America turns tide of Japanese invasion -
D-Day
Allies invade Normandy -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launch massive counter attack. -
Division of Germany
Germany divided by USSR and western allies -
VE Day
Germany surrenders. -
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Cold War
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Hiroshima Bomb
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Nagasaki A Bomb
Second nuclear attack ever dropped on Nagasaki -
Nuremburg trials
German and Japanese war criminals tried for crimes against humanity. -
Marshall Plan
Give financial aid to europe to combat communism. -
Berlin Airlift
Air dropped supplies to west berlin after Stalin blockades it. -
NATO
Alliances made to combat the soviet union -
Communist takeover of China
Moa Zedong establishes communism throughout China -
Korean War
North Korea invades South korea. America stops communist advance but does not destroy it. -
Warsaw Pact
Alliance of communist states under Russia -
Sputnik
First manmade satellite launched into space. -
U2 incident
U2 spyplane with Gary Powers shot down over Soviet union. -
Cuban missile crisis
closest ever to nuclear war. Russia hides nukes in cuba -
JFK assassination
President JFK shot and killed in his motorcade in Dallas. -
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IT'S NO USE
Sonic the Hedgehog is released on the XBox 36. It is widely regarded as one of the worst games ever made. -
17th amendment
Allows election of senators by the people. -
19th amendment
Gave women the right to vote. -
16th amendment
Established income tax
