Civil War to Present Day

  • Civil War 12 Apr 1861

    Civil War 12 Apr 1861

    -abolished slavery
    -redefinedthe United States as an individual nation rather than a collection of independent states.
  • Indian War

    Indian War

    -Between American Settlers and Natives
  • First Railroad

    First Railroad

    -between Omaha and Sacramento
  • Telephone invented

    Telephone invented

    -By Alexander Grahm Bell
  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike

    -ARU against against Pullman company, main ralroads, and US federal governemtn
  • First Car Invented

    First Car Invented

    -Invented by Frank and Charles Duryea
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    -War between Spain and the United States
    -America won
  • Phillippene War

    Phillippene War

    -Americans won
    -War between American and Filipino revolutionaries
  • First Plane Invented

    First Plane Invented

    -Invented by the Wright Brothers
    -In North Carolina
  • WWI

    WWI

    -4 years, 3 months, 1 week
    -Ended November 11, 1918
  • TV was Introduced

    TV was Introduced

    John Logie Bairds
  • Wall Street Crash/Great Depression

    Wall Street Crash/Great Depression

    -unemployment
    -poverty
    -low profits
    -delfation
  • US Securities and Exchange Commission

    US Securities and Exchange Commission

    -was established
  • WW2

    WW2

    -Ended Septemeber 2, 1945
    -6 years and 1 day
  • Office of Price Administration

    Office of Price Administration

    -established
  • The Employment Act

    The Employment Act

    -was signed into law
  • The Mutual Security Act

    The Mutual Security Act

    -money to help out other countries
  • Segregation Illegal

    Segregation Illegal

    -Brown v Board of Education case results in all segregation laws overturned
  • Equal Pay Act

    Equal Pay Act

    -men and women to be paid equally
  • Apple Inc

    Apple Inc

    -Apple Inc introduced
  • Motorola

    Motorola

    -First cellular phone created
  • Gulf War

    Gulf War

  • 9/11

    9/11

    -Twin Towers catch on fire
    -Section of Pentagon collapses
    -nearly 3,000 deaths
  • War in Afghanistan

    War in Afghanistan

    -Still going on today
  • War in Iraq

    War in Iraq

    -Bush chooses to invade after 9/11 occurance.
  • The Great Recession

    The Great Recession

    -contributed to global financial crisis
    -food and oil prices rose
  • Facebook IPO

    Facebook IPO

    -initial public offering
    -peak maeket capitalization over $104 billion
  • Beheading of journalist

    Beheading of journalist

    -Isis releases beheading of US journalist
  • iPhone 6

    iPhone 6

    -released
    -two sizes
  • US carries out airstrikes

    US carries out airstrikes

    -United States carries out aristrikes against ISIS