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Herbert Hoover
A talented organizer,as secretary of commerce. -
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6th Grade History
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California Gold Rush
Cival war veterans & farmerswentto California in search of gold. -
Kaiser Wilhem the 2nd
He was forced to give up his throne. Germany became republic -
The Comstock Load
Rich load of silver in 1859. -
Pikes Peak
Gold was found in the colorado rockies. 50,000 properties went to the Colorado rockies. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Construction was done on the R/R. -
Little Big Horn
The place where George Custer was killed with his men. -
New States
North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, and montana became New States. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The first act that controlled trusts and monoplies -
Wounded Knee
Where Sitting bull was killed and caused a battle. -
McKinley's Assassination
When Czolgosz went to shake McKinley's hand and shot him. -
Immagration
New immagrants came to the U.S -
17th amendment
Passed by Congress May 13, 1912 -
Assanation of Franz Ferdinand
His assanation led to war. -
Battle of the Marne
Saved Paris from the invasion of the Germans ,and boosted French morale. -
Battle of Verdun
First Germans made small gains,until the French attacked. -
Battle of Somme
Germany flanked Brittish and 58,000 men. -
End of Neutralty
America enters the war because germany sunk the Lusitania and the Sussex. -
Selective Service Act
It was a military draft. -
Chateau Thierry
AEF,helped turn back German offensive at Chateau Thierry on the Marne River. -
We win the War
Battle of the Rhine River, surrender huge amounts of equipment. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
It was the longest battle in WW1 ,it lasted seven weeks in the rain,mud,babed wire, and fire. -
18th Amendment
Stopped the transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. -
Volstead Act
Provides the means of enforcing the ban. -
Armistice Day
Germany signed the Armistice (peace treaty) after weeks in the war. -
The Red Scare
When the goverment went after "Reds" as Communists. -
League of Nations
Would help preserve pease and future wars. -
Holocaust
Massacre of the Jews. -
Tuskegee Airman
The first African Americans to fly in the war. -
Hitler's Death
Hitler commited suicide so everyone thinks. -
V-E day
Victory in Europe for the allies in World War 2. -
V-J Day
Japan allowed the Allied surrender terms in World War 2. -
Bus Boycott
Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Ole Miss is itegrated
In late September 1962, after a legal battle, an African-American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi. -
Martin Luther King J.R Arrested
Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy were among those arrested for protesting segregation at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida. -
Vivian Malone
On June 11, 1963, he stood in the doorway of UA’s Foster Auditorium in a failed attempt to prevent the enrollment of two black students. -
U of A George Wallace
Former Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace vowed "segregation forever" and blocked the door to keep blacks from enrolling at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. -
I Have A Dream Speech
He didn't like the idea of segragation. -
Civil Rights March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. -
Martin Luther King J.R Assasinated
At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
