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End of Civil War - End of WWI
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The KKK is founded
The KKK or Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist group who commit acts of violence toward people they find infereor. The KKK lynch kill and burn down houses all out of pure hate. -
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad being finished was a very important event in history, at the time this was one of the most important technologies available. -
Passing of the 15th Amendment
This new amenment to the constitution was very important because it put an end to racist voting laws which prohibited africans to vote. -
Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone!
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Edison Invents The Lightbulb!
Edison invented electric light before anyone else. After getting the patent for the creation of this technology he worked to perfect it. -
The Phonograph is Invented.
Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph in 1887, what the phonograph did was record sound, which was a groundbreaking technology that would change the world. -
The Spanish American War
This conflict between Spain and America began following the sinking of the US ship, the Maine. -
The Boxer Rebellion
China's Boxer Rebellion originally began with a secret society who practiced bizzare punching based fighting which deemed them them the name "boxers" in America. They hoped to overthrow the Ch'ing dynasty, but their motives changed when they gained support from an Empress Dowager who ordered all foreigners to be killed. -
The Assassination of McKinley
The president was shot twice in the abdomen and was rushed to the hospitol almost immediatley. Unfortunatley 6 days later he died in the hospitol from his wounds. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
After McKinley's assassination Teddy Roosevelt became the new and youngest president so far. -
Ford Motor Company
In 1903 Henry ford founded the first major automobile manufacturing company, which was known for creating the first affordable American automobile, the Model T. -
The Wright Brothers invent the Airplane!
The two brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are the first people to create a wing based flying machine. Their famous first flight took place in Kitty Hawk North Carolina lasting just under a minute long. -
Einstien's Theory Of Fluctations
This was known as his great "breakthrough." It's hard to explain what this theory entails, but it relates to atoms and their random velocity. -
The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal officially opened on this date but the actual construction began on May 4, 1904. The canal provided means of ship travel from one side of the USA to the other as opposed to sailing all the way around the tip of South America. -
USA Joins WWI
After remaining neutral for the beginning of WWI, after the British revealed a telegram to the United States, the USA declared war on Germany. -
The Treaty of Versailles is Signed!
The signing of the this treaty brought a conclusive end to WW1, the treaty was between the Allies and Germany, and entailed that Germany would be responsible for paying reparations to certain members of the Allies. -
Ninteenth Amendment
With the passing of the the nineteenth amendment, women gain the right to vote in the United States.
