karissa's time line

By dlanders
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    Karissa's timeline of the past

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    On july 4th the declaration of independence was declared.
  • cotton jam

    cotton jam

    Made cloth making easier
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    When some southern states formed their own country.
  • Homestead act

    Homestead act

    gave free land to settlers
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Delclared enslaved people were now free.
  • civil war ends

    civil war ends

    slavery ends
  • alaska was baught

    alaska was baught

    added one more state to the United States of America
  • baught hawaii

    baught hawaii

    the usa got expanded
  • Spanish and American War

    Spanish and American War

    the spanish started fighting with the america in may of 1898
  • nine-eleven

    nine-eleven

    On nine eleven there were threee planes that terrorists took over. One crashed into the twin towers, another crashed into the pentagon, and one was headed for the capital but some of the passangers took over the plane well tried, but they ended up crashing in a field and they all died.
  • first black president was elected

    first black president was elected

    Barack Obama was elected, also known as the first black president.