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james watt steam engine is able to harnes energy of stem to move machinery. stem engines were used to great effect to run locomotives and stemships.
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Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton.Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.
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lincoln sent supplies to this fort in charleston harbor. confederate forces fired on the fort, starting the civil war.
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lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation. it fress all slaves all slaves in territory captured by the union army and orders the enlistment of black soldiers.
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The Confederate Army of the Tennessee is crushed by the Union Army of the Cumberland in Nashville. The war in the West is nearly over.
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the freedom bureau with offices around the south,was to adjust schools to educate them. which the government had set up.
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The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified: it revokes the three-fifths compromise in the Constitution and creates a new federal category of citizenship. It is quite possibly the most important constitutional amendment ever ratified.
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The support of 500,000 recently enfranchised southern black voters accounts for Grant's victory.But his margin of victory in the popular vote is only 306,000 out of 5.7 million votes cast.
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Rockefeller decided to buy up all the other competition and form them into one large company.rockefeller was known as the presisdent of standered oil.
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Congress passes the Ku Klux Klan Act, a more far-reaching reform than the Enforcement Acts.crimes committed by individuals are deemed punishable by federal law.
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edison invented the light bulb. It consisted of an evacuated glass bulb containing a filament made from a carbonized cotton thread.
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the berlin conference is known as a west africa conference and coincided with germany sudden emergence as an imperial power. the general act of the berin conference can be seen as the formalization of the scramble of africa .
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chairman of the board of carnegie shuts down factory and locks out employes. with negotiations representatives, associations of steel workers break down.
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jose marti landed in cuba in 1895 and launched a war for independence. spain attempted to suppress the rebellion with great brutality.
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The Platt Amendment outlined the role of the U.S. in Cuba and the Caribbean. It restricted Cuba in the conduct of foreign policy and commercial relations.
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archduke of austria hungary was assassinated by serb nationalist. austria invaded serbia in response.
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turkey enterd the war on germany side. trench warfare started to dminate the western front.
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outraged protest from u.s at thr german u-boat campaign with lusitania with many american aboard was sunk. the germans moderated their u-boat campaign.
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nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote.loose clothing went out without chaperones.
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Warren G. Harding had his inaugeration on March 4, 1921 and only served as president for 2 years.He promised to bring back "Normalcy".
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bessie was the first african american to earn an international pilots license. she dazzled crowds with her stunts at air shows refused to be slowed by racism.
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on black tuesday the stock market crashed. people tried to sell their stocks but few were willing to buy them.
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Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act. By the end of the month, almost all of the banks that had closed when the Depression started are open again.
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A turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority. the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases.
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As the war-torn nations of Europe faced famine and economic crisis. the u.s wanted to rebuild a stability and healthy world economy.
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Japan bombs American ships at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Thousands of Americans are killed in the attack
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the atomic bomb dropped on japan by the u.s. which end up resulting in japan surrender
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it was announced that japan had surrenderd. japan capitulation in the pacific brought six years of hostillties to a final and highly anticipated close.
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the western allies formed nato. the soviet union and its eaestern european satellites formed the warsaw pact.
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the battle field had lasted 55 days.thousands of french troops were killed 8,000 was wounded
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when rosa parks refused to get up and leave her seat for a white guy. which she was arrested by violating the law
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james was the first black student to be in a university of mississippi that led up to violence and riots. this led president kennedy to send troops.
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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a intense war. which led john f kennedy to tell amerians about the missle.
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because of martin the brimingham announced the agreement to the world wide issue.the stores, resturants ans schools will be desegregated which is by hiring blacks charges was dropped.
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after henry swearing to be a new ambassador.henry requisted to not go on with the vietnam war.
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the u.s forces had control for two years over the war. more than 3 million people and 58000 americans were killed in the conflict.
