1862-1962

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    1862-1962

  • Draft riots

    Draft riots

    People were mad since the black people of the country didnt have to take part in the draft since they weren't "people".
  • Emancipation

    Emancipation

    The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln. It freed all the slaves all over the country.
  • 13th Ammendment

    13th Ammendment

    The slaves are freed from the plantations
  • Force Acts

    Force Acts

    The Force Act provided for federal scrutiny of congressional elections it was used to prevent election fraud in Southern states during the Reconstruction era
  • Civil rights act of 1871

    Civil rights act of 1871

    this was passed to protect the blacks from the KKK
  • Ned leaves home

    Ned leaves home

    Ned leaves home to join a committe to investigate the treatment of blacks on plantations
  • Joe Pittman dies

    Joe Pittman dies

    Joe dies when he tries to break a black stallion that kills him in the end
  • Pendleton Civil Service Act reform

    Pendleton Civil Service Act reform

    The act provided selection of government employees competitive exams. so it inforces the merit system
  • the Dawes Act

    the Dawes Act

    authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians
  • New Orleans lynching party

    New Orleans lynching party

    when the white people of New Orleans got fed of with blacks getting thier freedom they lynched them. this was to show other blacks to not mess around and try to get more equality
  • Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta compramise speech

    Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta compramise speech

    made sure that southern blacks got education if they worked for white southern people for the week
  • Spanish - American War

    Spanish - American War

    the U.S. was helping Cuba get its independence from the Spanish rule.
  • Ned is killed

    Ned is killed

    Ned gets shot down by Albert when hes on his way home to build his school
  • Panama Canal zone acquired

    Panama Canal zone acquired

    The US talked with the French who controlled it on getting the rights to it. This was a good strategic move the roosevelt made
  • NAACP was founded

    NAACP was founded

    The NAACP fought for the rights of black people all over the country. The did this by protests and court rulings to get equality
  • Albert dies

    Albert dies

    Albert dies and before he does he starts to scream saying the charriot of hell is coming for him
  • WWl starts

    WWl starts

    Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • Lusitainia Sinks

    Lusitainia Sinks

    On May 7th 1915 the Lusitania was sunk due to a torpedo shot from a German U-boat.
  • Jane moves to Samson

    She moves here after Ned dies to cook and take care of the house
  • Women can vote

    Women can vote

    Women were able to vote this made a very big impact on the politicial aspect of this time
  • Harding is elected president

    Harding is elected president

    On June 8, 1920, the Republicans nominated Warren G. Harding, an Ohio newspaper editor and United States Senator, to run for president with Calvin Coolidge, governor of Massachusetts, as his running mate. He later won the election and was inaugurated in 1921.
  • Scopes trial

    Scopes trial

    this trial was to see if we could teach evolution in public schools or creationism. it was also to see what happened between those two
  • June Cundiff

  • prohabition ends

    prohabition ends

    when prohabition ended you could legaly buy alchohol and this helped with the economy
  • Olds mobile

    Olds mobile

    this vehicle helped with moving around the country and helped to get to your job faster and easyer
  • Detroit race riots

    Detroit race riots

    this was a fight between the white and black youth of detroit fought since a white girl got insulted by a black man
  • Linda Augustine

  • Korean War

    Korean War

    The US tryed to stop the spread of communism in Korea and the world
  • 22 ammendment

    22 ammendment

    This limited the term of the presedent
  • Civil rights Act

    Civil rights Act

    this act also helped protect the blacks from the KKK