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The Great Railroad Strike
The Great Railroad Strike had begun on July 14, 1877. It had first started in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It is also sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval. It was finally put down by local and state militias, and federal troops. Surprisingly it had not involved labor unions and these attacks were spontaneous outbreaks in numerous cities of violence against railroads. -
The Immigration Restriction League
Founded in 1894 by three young Harvard College graduates, Charles Warren, Robert DeCourcy Ward, and Prescott Farnsworth Hall. These three youngs graduates had in turn found the Immigration Restriction League. The Immigration Restriction League spread to other large cities, including New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, and it recruited new members furthering the justice of this group. This group had advocated a literacy requirement as a means to limit immigration into the United States. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a time when conflict between the United States and Spain had begun. Ultimately,it had ended with Spanish colonial rule in the Americas . Thus resulting in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
The New York Shirtwaist Factory (Triangle Factory) Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory was by far the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York. It had resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history. A total of 146 hard-working employees in the accidental fire. -
World War I
World War I had begun on July 28 1914 and lasted until November 11 1918. It is commonly reffered to as the First World War as there were two wars fought and won. It had begun due to increased tensions between differing countries. -
The Great Steel Strike of 1919
The Great Steel Strike of 1919 involved more than 350,000 workers. It was a result of the American Federation of Labor members going on strike against the United States Steel Corporation. Eventually many of the corporations members had joined in the strike. -
Congress' Denial of Joining the League of Nations
Immediately following the First World War, Congress rejected U.S. membership in the League of Nations. Some members of Congress opposed membership in the League out of concern that it would draw the United States into European conflicts. During the 1930s, the League proved ineffectual in the face of growing militarism, partly due to the U.S. decision not to participate. -
World War II
World War II started in part because the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval installation. They had attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor Concluding, the United States formally entered the Second World War. -
Carribean Basin Initiative
The trade programs commonly known as the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) remain vital elements in U.S. economic relations with our neighbors in Central America and in the Caribbean. The CBI is intended to facilitate the economic development and export diversification of the Caribbean Basin economies. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
This treaty had made the Soviet destroy all of the Parties' ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers, their launchers and associated support structures and support equipment within three years after the Treaty came into effect. -
Berlin Wall Collapses
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. Eventually the wall "collapsed", but was mostly taken down by the people of Germany. -
1st McDonalds Opens in Moscow
The arrival of McDonald's in Moscow was a small but certain sign that change was on the horizon. The prices of the McDonalds was the equivalent of several days' wages in Moscow, which several were glad to pay. The appearance of this notorious symbol of capitalism and the enthusiastic reception it received from the Russian people were signs that times were changing in the Soviet Union. -
Germany is Reunified
A strong drive for reunification developed in East and West Germany in 1990. Germany in July had economically reunioned with the West , and on Oct. 3, 1990, political reunification took place under what had been the West German constitution. -
Warsaw Pact is Disssolved
The Warsaw Pact had been founded in May 1955. It had established a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. Though t crumbled for the following reasons. One it had served as a prop for the unpopular Communist regimes of Eastern Europe. Two, non-Communists came to power and overruled the pact.
