Epoch Timeline

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  • Black Codes Issued

    Black Codes Issued

    In 1865, the Southern States began to issue black codes. These codes control the labors and activities of newly freed slaves
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    Reconstruction

    The reconstruction of the southern states after the Civil War.
  • Grant is elected president

    Grant is elected president

  • Tweed Ring scandal begins

    Tweed Ring scandal begins

  • Hayes-Tilden Compromise

    Hayes-Tilden Compromise

    Reconstruction ends.
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    Gilded Age

    Industry and agriculture grow.
  • James Garfield is assassinated.

    James Garfield is assassinated.

    He was shot by Charles Guiteau less than four months into his presidency.
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    It makes certain acts by businesses to reduce competition against the law.

  • Spindle Top Oil Field

    Oil exploration rush begins.
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    Progressive Era

    Social and political reformation.
  • U.S. Steel Corporation is formed.

    U.S. Steel Corporation is formed.

    It was founded by J.P. Morgan and Elbert Gary.
  • Panama declares independence.

    Panama declares independence.

    With the United States helping to urge them, Panama declares independence from Colombia

  • U.S. invades Cuba

  • Oklahoma becomes 46th state

    Oklahoma becomes 46th state

    Oklahoma joins the Union on the 16th of November.
  • World War I begins.

    World War I begins.

    Green represents the Allies. Central Powers in orange.
  • U.S. enters World War I

    U.S. enters World War I

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    Jazz Age

    Jazz music becomes popular during this era.
  • 18th Amendment added.

    18th Amendment added.

    Prohibiting alcohol.
  • President Wilson suffers from a stroke.

    President Wilson suffers from a stroke.

    This left him unable to do much until his death.

  • The first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is held in NYC.

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    Depression/WWII

    Great Depression begins, along with WWII.
  • San Francisco Toll Bridge opens.

    San Francisco Toll Bridge opens.

    Was the longest bridge in the world.

  • Stock Market crashes

    $16 billion is lost.

  • The top tax rate is raised from 25 to 63 percent.

  • Depression ends worldwide.

    Depression ends worldwide.

  • Hitler invades Poland, starting World War II

    Hitler invades Poland, starting World War II

  • U.S. becomes world's only economic superpower.

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    Civil Rights/Cold War

    Equality and war with the Soviets.
  • FDR dies in office.

    FDR dies in office.

  • U.S. uses their first atomic bomb

    U.S. uses their first atomic bomb

  • Japanese surrender

    WWII ends.
  • Korean War begins.

    Korean War begins.

  • Korean War ends.

    Korean War ends.

  • John F. Kennedy Assassinated

    John F. Kennedy Assassinated

    Was shot while traveling with his wife.
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    "Me" Generation

    Technology and present-day stuff.
  • First Earth Day is celebrated

    First Earth Day is celebrated

  • E-mail was invented.

    E-mail was invented.

    Ray Tomlinson invented e-mail back in 1971.
  • Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC

    Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC

  • Microsoft is founded.

    Microsoft is founded.

    Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
  • Mount St. Helens erupts.

    Mount St. Helens erupts.

    Was triggered by an earthquake.
  • Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.

    Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.

    Four, including Reagan were injured.
  • World Wide Web developed by Tim Berners-Lee

    World Wide Web developed by Tim Berners-Lee

  • Hillary Clinton earns a seat in the Senate.

    She becomes the first First Lady to do so.
  • Terrorists hijack planes and crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

    Terrorists hijack planes and crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

  • Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast.

    Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast.

  • World population reaches 7 billion.

    World population reaches 7 billion.