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Mr.Moneys all year long project
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in 1849 prospectors flocked to California in the search of the precious -and expensive- metal, gold.
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In 1858 a mining expedition found gold on the slopes of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rockies.
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From 1862 to 1869 the transcontinental railroad was constructed and finished "The last rail is laid... the last spike driven.
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The Homestead act is passed by Abraham Lincoln to give 120 acres of "free" land to travelers-immigrants wommen etc.- as long as they pay a fee for a certain amount of time, in order to own the land.
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Custer sends 250 american soldiers into battle with over 2,000 native americans were waiting to attack. No Americans survived.
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Colorado joins the Unites States
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in the November of 1889 four new states were born. those were North and South Dakota on November 2nd. Washington on November 11th. Montana on November 8th.
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The Sherman Anti-Trust act is passed to control trusts and monopolies for fairer buisness battles.
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Plessy was jailed for sitting in a "white" train car. He attempted to sue, but the court used the "seperste but equal" excuse.
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On this date, more than 100,000 Pennsylvania coal miners ( know as members of the United Mine Workers) go on strike, demanding better pay and less work hours.
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The Wright Brothers fly the first control operated plane for 12 seconds at 20 feet
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the Meat inspection act and the Pure food and Drug act is passed on the same day to offer safer better and cleaner medicine and food.
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meat inspection act is passed in 1906 pure food and drug act is passed on June 30th 1906
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We declare a new President- Woodrow Wilson ( has a nice ring to it)
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When ARchduke of Austria Hungary was assassinated by U.S. citizen Gavrilo Princip
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Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia.
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The war now has included Russia.
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The first serious fighting of WWi fought by the AEF
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The Lusiania which was a british ocean liner is sunk by a German U-Boat.
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The Sussex was a passenger ship sunk by a German U-Boat torpedo after the Germans made a pledge not to torpedo the boats.
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The battle of verdun was fought between september 21 to december 1. It was one of the most deadly battles of the war with the most casualties.
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One of the and bloodiest battles of WW1 finally ends.
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Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany
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Men aged 21-30 would be drafted into war
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Russian Communists take over Russian Democratic government.
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The treaty of Brest-Litovsk is represented to Germany by the Russia government that implies that Russia will give up the war and in the process of surrendering gives Germany Poland and the Ukraine.
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The Battle of the Argonne Forest was the last battle of WW1 fought between Sept. 26-Nov. 11.
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German emporer Kaiser or Wilhelm is forced to give up his throne.
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An armistice requested by the Germans to Woodrow Wilson is signed and war stops.
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The 18th amendment is ratified to outlaw the making and consuming of alcohol called prohibition
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The 19th amendment is ratified to allow womens suffrage ( a womans right to vote)
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Hitler and the Nazis kill about 6 million Jews.
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The Japanese launch a suprise attack on the American naval base of Pearl Harbor.
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The WW2 D-Day invasion of Normandy France takes place on this date.
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The longest serving president dies just three months into his fourth term.
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We first use the atomic bomb on this Japanese city.
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The second(and last) major American attack on japan with the atomic bomb.
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The surprise election of 1948 left Truman the 41st president of the Unted States.
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Brown is angry because he wants to send his black daughter to a white school where education is better and also the facility and environment. The state court used "seperate but equal", but the case was passed to the supreme court, where segregation was banned in schools. YAY!
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Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white on a public bus.
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The arrest of Rosa Parks ( dec. 1st 1955 ) sparked the boycott of buses by blacks and even some whites.
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The supreme court rules that segregation on buses is unconstitutional.
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Alaska becomes an amazing new state.
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Hawii becomes a state becoming the most recent state to join the U.S.A.
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The Freedom Riders, highly apposed to segregation, rode into Montgomery Alabama where they where feircly attacked.
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On this date, the University of Mississippi allowed to enroll it s first black student, James Meredith, into college.
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in late september, a man attempted to enroll at mississippi state university, when a riot broke out.
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Martin Luther King JR. is arrested for his civil rights campaign.
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George Wallace closed the dorrs of the university of Alabama to all blacks, prohibiting them from enrolling there.
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On this date, Vivian Malone enrolled for the u of a.
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Martin Luther King JR. preforms his famous speech i have a dream in Washington D.C.
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The Klu-Klux-Clan bombs this church on a peacful Sunday morning just before the service.
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The beloved Martin Luther King JR. is assasinated.
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A group of three boys and six girls attempted to enroll in Little Rock Central High Scholl.
