1860-1918

By anna.subris
  • Civil War begins

    Civil War begins

    Confederates bombarded Union soldiers
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln

  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address is given
  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

    one of the best-known speeches in American history
  • Civil War ends

    Civil War ends

    Civil war ends
  • Abraham Lincoln assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln assassinated

    President Lincoln shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth
  • Reconstruction amendments ratified

    Reconstruction amendments ratified

    Reconstruction amendments ratified

  • Reconstruction Amendments Passed

    Reconstruction Amendments passed
  • Military Reconstruction Act passed

    Military Reconstruction Act passed

    Military Reconstruction Act passed
  • U.S. Grant elected

    U.S. Grant elected

    President Ulysses S. Grant is elected
  • Boss Tweed convicted of embezzlement

    Boss Tweed convicted of embezzlement

    Boss Tweed convicted of embezzlement
  • Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction

    Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction

    Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction

  • Jane Addams founds Hull House

    Hull House for immigrants is founded

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    court case

  • Carrie Nation begins to smash liquor

    Carrie Nation begins to smash liquor
  • Theodore Roosevelt takes office

    Theodore Roosevelt takes office

    Theodore Roosevelt takes office

  • Booker T. Washington releases Up From Slavery

    Booker T. Washington releases Up From Slavery

  • W.E.B. Dubois forms the NAACP

    W.E.B. Dubois forms the NAACP

  • Ida Tarbell publishes "The History of the Standard Oil Company"

    Ida Tarbell publishes "The History of the Standard Oil Company"
  • World War I begins

    World War I begins

    World War I begins

  • Margaret Sanger coins the term "Birth Control"

    Margaret Sanger coins the term "Birth Control"

  • Birth of a Nation released

    KKK movie released
  • World War I ends

    World War I ends

    World War I ends

  • Jeannette Rankin becomes the first congresswoman

    Jeannette Rankin becomes the first congresswoman