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(BIA) Bureau of indian affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs is where an agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior charged with the administration of 55,700,000 acres of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the united states. It was originally started in 1775 by the second continental congress. -
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Mexico wins independence from spain
Mexico won its independence from Spain after a decade of war. The revolution also effected the relationship between the Europeans, the Apache and Navajo natives. -
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Kansas-Nebraska act
The kansas nebraska act was wherethe missouri compromise was repealed and the act on slavery was up to you, it was also a oppurtinity for transcontinental railroads. -
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Homestead act
one of the laws that gave an applicant a freehold title to up to 160 acres of undeveloped federal land outside the 13 colonies. -
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Chivington massacre
A 700 man army of colorado territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly cheyenne and arapaho in the southeastern part of Colorado. -
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Whiskey ring
Exposed in 1875 "The whiskey ring" was a scandal that was about diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government people, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors. -
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Munn VS illinois
A U.S. sepreme court case dealing with agriculture and corporate rates, which alliowed certain states to interfere and regulate some businersses within their borders such as railroads. -
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Colorado
1876 Colorado became the centennial state. -
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Black Hills War
a series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, and the United States between 1876 and 1877. Another name for this could have been the great cheyenne war. -
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Alexander Bell
With financial support from Sanders and Hubbard, Bell was able to hire Thomas Watson as his assistant and the two of them experimented with acoustic telegraphy which eventually led to the invention of the phone. -
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Wabash case
a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control interstate commerce, which led to the creation of the ICC. -
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Interstate commerce act
a federal law designed to regulate the monopolistic railroad industry. -
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The sherman anti trust act
Was where it required requires the government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies and organizations suspected of violating the Act. -
The sherman anti-trust act
requires the United States Federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies and organizations suspected of violating the Act. -
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Battle at wounded knee
A massacre in which was all started the wrong way and got worse fast for Lakota natives. A true sad tragedy. -
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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Plessy Vs. Ferguson which in a way began the policy of the seperate but equal act. -
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WWI
World War 1 -
Federal Trade Commission Act
established the Federal Trade Commission which is an independent agency of the United States government. -
U.S. enters war with germany
U.S. finally enters WWI -
Espionage Act of 1917
It prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations, support America's enemies during wartime, to promote insubordination in the military, or interfere with military recruitment. -
The lever act
Act to Provide Further for the National Security and Defense by Encouraging the Production, Conserving the Supply, and Controlling the Distribution of Food Products and Fuel. -
Congress passes sedition act
forbade the use of disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the United States government -
Treaty of versailles
one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Schenck v. United States
One of the people that tried to get away with the first amendment with the espionage act in 1919. -
The Volstead Act
reinforced the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. -
19th amendment
prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's gender. -
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WWII
World War 2 -
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Vietnam War
Vietnam war -
JFK
John F Kennedy became president -
JFK
President Kennedy was shot and killed -
MLK
MLK was assassinated this day -
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Gulf War
The Gulf War