APUSH 1860-1918

  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins

    War between the North and the South having to do with slavery
  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

    Abraham Lincoln unofficially released slaves
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln unofficially released the slaves
  • Civil War ends

    Civil War ends

    The south surrenders to the north
  • Abraham Lincoln assasinated

    Abraham Lincoln assasinated

    A southern actor assassinated Lincoln
  • Reconstruction amendments ratified

    Reconstruction amendments ratified

    Reconstruction takes a more intense turn after lincoln is assasinated
  • Reconstruction amendments passed

    Reconstruction amendments passed

    This was how the south was going to rejoin the United States of America
  • Military Reconstruction Act passed

    Military Reconstruction Act passed

    Military figures go into the south to enforce the reconstruction act
  • U.S Grant elected

    U.S Grant elected

  • Boss Tweed convicted of embezzlement

    Boss Tweed convicted of embezzlement

    Boss Tweed is convicted of fraud on Wall Street
  • Compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction

    Compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction

    The south and north agree to be one again
  • Jane Addams founds Hull House

    Jane Addams founds Hull House

    She creates a environment for young children to come and learn. She used this to get into the heads of children about how women should be treated
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson

    This was when a black man was forced out of a white car this brought attention to the issues of segergation
  • Carrie Nation begins to smash liqueur

    Carrie Nation begins to smash liqueur

    She fights against the growing number of drunk abusive husbands
  • Booker T. Washington releases Up From Slavery

    Booker T. Washington releases Up From Slavery

  • Theodore Roosevelt takes office

    Theodore Roosevelt takes office

  • Ida Tarbell publishes "The History of the Standard Oil Company"

    Ida Tarbell publishes "The History of the Standard Oil Company"

    This was the first time a woman had confronted the way a man had done something. This was earth shattering to the society
  • W.E.B DuBois forms the NAACP

    W.E.B DuBois forms the NAACP

  • World War 1 begins

    World War 1 begins

  • Margaret Sanger coins the term "Birth Control"

    Margaret Sanger coins the term "Birth Control"

    She starts making the term more commonly known as birth control becomes more and more popular
  • Birth of a Nation released

    Birth of a Nation released

  • Jeannette Rankin becomes first congresswoman

    Jeannette Rankin becomes first congresswoman

  • World War 1 ends

    World War 1 ends