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American Civil War
The Civil War was a Battle between the United States of America and the Confederation States of America, it had a collection of 11 states that left the union in 1860 and made their own country in 1861. Their purpose was to protect the idea of slavery. The Event took place in the Southeastern United States -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation, which would end slavery in rebel states and declare all slaves free. -
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Jim Crow
Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-black laws. It was a way of life. Simplified, "It was a set of rules that outlaws Black People in the States" -
Wright Brothers Invented First Flyable Plane
The Brothers were Aviators as well as Inventors, Engineers and Aviator Engineers. They were the first to create the first workable plane. It wasn't long until a few nations tried building their own Airplanes for World War I & II uses. -
Federal Government establishes National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. "An Agency built to fund and develop Astronautics Research" -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. "It was a time when most industries went bankrupt in North America, it was the longest and severe Depression recorded" -
Black Tuesday, start of Great Depression
It is when the Stock Markets Crash and marks the start of the Great Depression. -
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World War ll
It was a war between 2 factions: The Allies & The Axis. This war included many Super Powers and directly involved 100 million people. It was the first world war that involved the first use of Nuclear Weapons in history. -
D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
This event starts in 1944 but the operation started in 1943, it was a military operation including the invasion of Normandy using landing craft, Aircraft, Armored Divisions and Infantry of 24,000 American, British and Canadian Troops. The Germans that were defending the beach had many important Gun Emplacements as well as wood stalks and metal tripods on the beach. Overall the operation failed and there were many casualties and many wounded. -
Signing of document of surrender, ending World War 2
Representatives from the Japanese government and Allied forces assembled aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to sign the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, which ended World War II. The document was prepared by the U.S. War Department and approved by President Harry S. Truman.
