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Fort Laramie Treaty
This treaty between the US Government and the Indian tribes. The treaty stated that these lands would belong to the Indians and that they would not be entered by white settlers. The Indians were to be given provisions for a period of ten years as compensation for the loss of land. -
13th Amendment Ratified
This amendment stopped people from enslaving people involuntarily, unless it was punishment for crime. -
14th Amendment Ratified
Entitles all persons born or naturalized in the United States to citizenship and equal protection under the laws of the United States. This provided a constitutional guarantee of the right and security of freed people. -
Transcontinental Railroad Complete
After years of making the long railroad, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific meet at Promitory Point, signaling the the end of the making of the Transcontinental Railroad. -
15th Amendment Ratified
People weren’t happy that blacks could vote, so they’d tried to stop them with violence and threats. This states that the right to vote can’t be stopped by the US or any state on account of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude. -
Corruption in Grant Administration
A federal grand jury indicts 238 people- including dozens of whiskey distillers and revenue officials- for conspiring to defraud the US government of tax revenues -
Battle of Little Big Horn
The army decided to attack the Indians that were in the valley of the Little Bighorn. The attack was apparently supposed to be from three sides. Custer split his force into three and advanced on the Indians. At some point Custer’s group were attacked. Custer and all his men were killed. -
Dawes Act
Henry Dawes passed this act to “encourage” the Native American to assimilate into American culture. This, however was unsuccessful. -
“How the Other Half Lives” published
Jacob Riis published a book about how the lower class lived in the Industrial Era. He was photographer besides being a writer, and the book contained many photos that captured the struggle of the lower class. -
“How the Other Half Lives” published
Jacob Riis was a photographer who wrote a book about how the ‘other half” or lower class lived. The book had picture depicting the daily lives of the lower classes. Lots of those pictures depict crowded rooms, filth and just lots of people crammed into small spaces. -
First person processed through Ellis Island
The first person processed through Ellis Island was Annie Moore. She was 17 and accompanied by two siblings, and they were eventually reunited with their parents in New York. In a newspaper, it was said that a Colonel gave Annie ten dollars. -
Newspaper office destroyed
Ida Wells' workplace, the "Free Speech and Headlight," is destroyed by a mob in retaliation for the articles she wrote about the lynching of her friends. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson Case Decided
A man named Homer A. Plessy went onto an all-white train car. When he told people that he was 1/8 black, he was told to go to the black train car, but he refused. He was argued in court and the Supreme Court ruled the “separate but equal” law, stating that segregation is okay as long as both white and colored facilities were held to the same standards. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish American War. The treaty freed Cuba and gave the U.S. the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam. The U.S. also purchased the Philippines for $20 million. Philippines citizens revolted because they didn't recieve their independence. -
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stated that the U.S. could intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries if they were governing their country improperly. It also said that the U.S. were the only ones who could become involve in these affairs causing European countries to no longer have an influence in Latin American countries. -
The Jungle
The book The Jungle caused much controversy in America during the Progressive Era. The book talks about the tragic events of a Lithuanian immigrant family that arrives in the US to take advantage of the opportunities they believe will be there but end up finding depression. -
Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft and Secretary of State Knox followed the foreign policy known as dollar diplomacy. Its goal was to create stability and order abroad that would best promote American commercial interests. Dollar diplomacy was evident in the Caribbean and Central America, especially in measures undertaken to safeguard American financial interests in the region. In spite of successes, dollar diplomacy failed to fight economic instability and the tide of revolution in China and Latin America. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
While Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot to death during an official visit to the Bosnian Capital Sarajevo by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. This is considered to be the spark that set off World War 1. -
Sinking of the Ocean Liner Lusitania
British ocean liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat. There were civilians on the boat, some of them being American. This aroused anti-German feelings in America, and showed that Germany was willing to go to extremes to get what they wanted. -
End of World War 1
Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. It left nine million soldiers dead, and more died from starvation, exposure, or disease. -
18th Amendment Ratified
The 18th Amendment was ratified, banning the transport, making and selling of alcohol. People believed that it would solve America’s problems, such as disease, domestic violence, neglect etc. -
The 19th Amendment
After 70 years of protesting by unmarried woman suffragists, the 19th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote. Women’s roles changed from upkeeping the house to being part of the industrial revolution. -
Birth Control created
American Birth Control League founded by Margaret Sanger, which later turned into Planned Parenthood. This event showed that women were gaining more rights other than the political world. -
The University of Carolina opened housing for female graduates
Although many didn’t like the idea, women were finally allowed to attend the University of Carolina. Not many of them left with degrees but this was another step on the ladder of equality and the proof that the "New Woman" would not be kept away from her education. -
Mary Montgomery Booze
Mary Montgomery Booze became the first African American woman elected to the Republican National Committee -
Herbert Hoover becomes President
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President. He was the President when the Great Depression started. He wasn’t well liked because of his actions that some people believe made the Depression worse, and people named things after him, such as Hoover blankets, which were newspapers. -
Stock Market Plunges
Investors traded 16 millions shares in the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost. which wiped out a lot of investors. This day is also known as Black Tuesday. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was considered President Hoover’s “Biggest Mistake. It was done to protect American farmers and businesses. It raised the already high tariffs, which put stress on the international economy -
Bonus Army Marches
The Bonus Army was made up of more than 10,000 army veterans with their wives and children who demanded that the government give them their bonus so that they could get away from some the economic symptoms of the Great Depression. -
Franklin Roosevelt Calls for a Banking Holiday
For an entire week in March 1933, banks were shut down to try to stop/slow bank failures. The banks reopened on March 13. -
First concentration Camp built
Dachau, the first concentration camp, was built around five weeks after Hitler became chancellor. The camp became the model and training center for the other concentration camps. -
Hitler Invades Poland
Hitler invaded Poland, which triggered the start of World War 2. Hitler wanted to conquer all of Europe, he announced that he would rearm Germany, which broke the Treaty of Versailles, then annexed Poland. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
called “a date which will live in infamy.” On that day, Japanese planes attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii Territory. This event killed 2,300 Americans. -
Battle of Midway (end)
This battle played out six months after the Pearl Harbor attack. The US won the battle, and successfully turned the tide in their war against Japan. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day was celebrated by both Europe and US. The Allies had first agreed to marl May 9th, but western journalists broke this news prematurely on May 8th. -
V-J Day
Victory in Japan Day. The Japanese surrendered after two devastating bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Rhode Island is the only state that has a holiday dedicated to VJ Day. -
Communist Takeover in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia’s government members died mysteriously died, and Communists took over in post-war Czechoslovakia. This marked the beginning of more than four decades of hard line communist rule. -
Blockade of West Berlin
In an attempt to stop Eastern Berliners from escaping to West Berlin, Soviet forces blocked the roads and railroad lines into West Berlin. Food, water and medical help were in shortage, so the US began a huge airlift of supplies to -
Stalin lifts the West Berlin Blockade
When the Soviets put the blockade which denied access to West Berlin, it made them look like they were trying to starve civilians into submission. The airlift also showed that the US was superior in technology, so the Soviets ended the blockade. -
Mao proclaims republic of China
While Truman was focused on Russia, China was taken over by Mao, who proclaimed the Republic of China. Furthermore, he and Stalin agreed to friendship. Thus, America ‘lost’ China. -
Korean War Ends
After 3 years of war, the US, the Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agreed to an armistice, which brought the Korean War to an end. -
National Liberation Front Born
The communists supported the creation of a broad-based united front to help mobilize Southerners in opposition to South Vietnam’s government. This brought together communists in non-Communists in an umbrella organization that had limited but important goals. Anyone could join as long as the opposed Ngo Dinh Diem and wished to unify Vietnam. -
Monk Immolation
A 73 year-old immolated himself (burned himself to death) while sitting at a major city intersection in protest, leading other Buddhists to follow suit in coming weeks. The United States’ already declining confidence in Diem’s leadership continues to slide. -
Viet Cong strikes
Viet Cong terrorists set off a car bomb explosion at the Brinks Hotel, an American officers' residence in downtown Saigon. The bomb was timed to detonate at 5:45 p.m., during 'happy hour' in the bar. Two Americans were killed and 58 were wounded. President Johnson dismissed all recommendations for a retaliation air strike against North Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation rolling thunder is the code name for an American bombing campaign during the Vietnam war. US military aircraft contact targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. This event was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s community leaders.
