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Economic, technological, social and cultural change which affected many American.That boost many bussiness oppunityes in the united states.
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Creat to hlep transport object and poeple
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When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
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Issued by president Abraham Lincolnas a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive of the United States.Proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion.
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The after effects of the civil war that made many american have to rebulid their lifes. With the help of two differnt presidents.
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Formed by president Abraham Lincoln to assist freed slaves in the South.Encouraged former plantation owners to rebuild their plantations, urged freed Blacks to gain employment, kept an eye on contracts between labor and management, and pushed both whites and blacks to work together as employers and employees rather than as masters and as slaves
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Killed after the civil war by John Wilkes Booth for being the leader of the Union .Also trying to change the way of life for southerns.
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When the Confederate leader sgin the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators. That led to end of slavery in Umited States and united south and north back togrther agine
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This is important because Ethiopia is one of the only countries in Africa who was able to completely resist European rule.King Menelik II used strategic advantages and played European countries against each other to maintain the Ethiopian independence.
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He epitomized the Gilded Age ideal of the self-made man, rising from poverty to become one of the wealthiest individuals in the history of the world.
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Alliance among Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy. That opposing the Triple Entente which consisted of an alliance between Britain, France and Russia.
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The Berlin Conference talked about the terms for african american homes.Belgium was expanded and so was the rest of European nations.
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he workers went on strike. The reason the workers went on strike was because Pullman refused to reduce rent.
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Describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.
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One of reason that united states got involded in WWl.
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A global war that involed Allies and Central power. Also that may poeple die in .
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The Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines. However, the Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach
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Under heavy strain while on a speaking tour promoting the League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke, leaving him largely incapacitated for the final 18 months.
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Local trade unionists affiliated with both the mainstream American Federation of Labor and the radical Industrial Workers of the World organize a general strike, halting economic activity in the city for five days.
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The Great Steel Strike of 1919 ends with capitulation by the steelworkers.
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Stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks
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Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeat Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide to win the presidency.
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A West Coast longshoremen's strike, conducted with significant aid from the Communist Party.The strike ends with a victory for the longshoremen's union.
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Under the leadership of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, invades Ethiopia.
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Bans travel on belligerent ships, forbids the arming of American merchant ships trading with belligerents, and issues an arms embargo with warring nations.
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Germany.
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Emperor Bao Dai surrenders leadership to Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh.
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Ho Chi Minh pens a letter to President Harry S. Truman, asking him for the support of the United States in gaining independence for Vietnam.
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The leader of Cuba turn there goverment .Also has control of everything in Cuba an the poeple has no say
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President John F. Kennedyclaims that the Soviets are outpacing the United States in missile production, and that he will reverse this gap if elected.
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Elected promising to open cooperation with the Soviet Union in the interest of peace and arms control.
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Replaced by the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV). United States military advisors are authorized to fire if fired upon. By the end of the year, the U.S. military presence in Vietnam will reach 11,000.
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While riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumes the presidency.
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The fatal shooting of a fifteen-year-old African-American boy by a white police officer sparks a riot in Harlem, New York. One person is killed, 100 injured, and several hundred are arrested.
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President Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr. and vows to pass voting rights legislation as soon as possible.
