Eli Krueger-done

By lauraallen@newlifeacademy.org

  • John D Rockefeller

    John D Rockefeller
    John D Rockefeller Was the inventor of the STANDARD OIL CO. John made 1.4 Billion dollars of net worth. The STANDARD OIL CO was invented in Cleveland Ohio.

  • Buys Alaska

    Buys Alaska
    The US bought Alaska for a steal of a deal 7.2 Million dollars. When they got to Alaska they found out that there was gold there.

  • Great Chicago fire

    Great Chicago fire
    The Great Chicago was cause because there was a drought, the city was made of wood, pollution, and they were preparing for winter with wood and coal. The Great Chicago fire destroyed 2,000 acres of land and killed 300 people.

  • Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty
    Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi mad the Statue of Liberty. France gifted it to the US of a sign of friendship. The statue is in New York today and is 305 feet tall.

  • Johnstown Flood

    Johnstown Flood
    In Johnstown, Pennsylvania there was a flood that killed 2,200 people. This flood destroyed Pennsylvania and 1,600 houses in its way.

  • Basketball was Invented

    Basketball was Invented
    James Naismith wanted a sport that could be played indoor during winter so kids weren't crazy when they had indoor gym. Naismith was a gym teacher at the YMCA. Basketball is now a professional sport for boys and girls to play and have fun with.

  • San Francisco Earthquake

    San Francisco Earthquake
    The San Francisco Earthquake killed 3,000 people and destroyed 28,000 structures. The earthquake started fires because the earthquake broke the gas lines and that started a fire that spread a lot.

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
    The triangle shirtwaist company fire was good and bad it started from a person putting a cigar butt in a garbage can. This helped the USA because now buildings have doors that open out and sprinklers.

  • Titanic disaster

    Titanic disaster
    The Titanic was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship of its time. When it crashed on a iceberg the boat didn't have enough life boats to save all the people so 1,517 people perished.

  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal took 33 years to make. 5,600 people die in the ack of work from mainly disease. The Canal was built because they would have had to go around North America but the made a hole to go through North America.