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Civil war begins
The Civil war was fought between the North and the South over the freeing of slaves. It really began when Confederate soldiers attacked Union soldiers at the Battle of Fort Sumter. -
The Gettysburg Adress
This was a graveyard dedication written and given by Abraham Lincoln over the thousands of deaths that occurred in the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Emancipation Proclaimation
This was an ineffective proclamation given by Abraham Lincoln in an attempt to free all slaves in captivity. He gave the south until 1863 to free their slaves or else. -
Gettysburg Adress
This was a dedication done by Abraham Lincoln to the soldiers who died in the Battle of Gettysburg for the cause of ending slavery. -
Civil War Ends
The Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and gave up his attempts to invade the North. -
Abraham Lincolin Assasinated
Abraham Lincoln was a president who played a big role in the Civil War and whom fought in favor of freeing slaves. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater. -
Reconstruction Amendments Passed
These were laws set into place in the Constitution that gave freed slaves the right to vote, equal status as white men, and made sure they could have supplies to live. -
Military Reconstruction Act passed
During this time the radical republicans were in power and divided the south into five military districts to be readmitted into the Union. -
U.S Grant Elected
U.S. Grant was elected into office after winning a name for himself as a war hero, however, he was more of a war based general then someone who was qualified to run a country. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a court case over the fight against segregation and against the mindset that blacks should be "separate but equal." -
Reconstruction Amendments Ratified
These are the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments in the U.S. Constitution covering the freedom of slaves, giving them rights, and giving former slave owners compensation. -
The Second Great Awakening (ballpark)
This was the time when women began to be more accepting of what they looked like and chose to take more action in their free thinking in the new age of free thinkers. -
Boss Tweed convicted of embezzlement
Boss Tweed was the leader of a political machine, which is a corrupt group of politicians who rig elections and other things to get what they want. -
Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction
This compromise was when Democrats wanting Hayes in office who was not in favor by the South. The compromise allowed Hayes to be in office if the North with drawled its troops and military holdings. -
Jane Addams founds Hull House
This was a founding of a main sanctuary for women to come to to gain knowledge, financial help, and other aid so that they could further fight for their independence. -
Carrie Nation smashes liquor
Carrie Nation was arrested but released shortly after she damaged a bar in Kansas causing thousands of dollars in damages. -
Teddy Roosevelt takes office
Theodore Roosevelt won the presidency with his campaign the "Square Deal" promising that everyone has the right to an equal chance to get an education, a job, or anything else really. Also his rival McKinley was killed so that gave him a lead. -
Booker T. Washington realeases his "Up From Slavery"
This was his account of growing up as a child in slavery and how he struggled to grow to achieve his freedom. -
Ida Tarbell publishes, "The History of the Standard Oil Company."
Tarbell was a researcher who stood up to one of the biggest companies in the world at the time to exploit their unfair rise to power. -
W.E.B forms the NAACP
This was when W.E.B. saw the racism go on and wanted to put an end to it by providing a place where black people could come to be educated. -
WWI Begins
The start of WWI began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Other factors contributed this as well, these being the rivalry between powers in the Middle Eastern World. -
Birth of a Nation Released
This film made the white southerners of Reconstruction the victims and made black people look stupid, which caused a lot of controversy. -
Jenette Rankin becomes first congress woman
Exactly that, she was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. -
WWI Ends
WWI ended with Germany signing a peace treaty to no more violence.
