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Gold found in California caused a rush of settlers and immigrants out West in search of gold. -
Provided federal funding for the construction of a railroad across the US.
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The day that the final slaves were told they were freed in Texas. -
Permanently abolished slavary.
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Declared that all people born or naturalized in the US were US citizens.
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Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone and had the first phone call. -
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr opened a settlement house for mainly immigrant women and children. -
Hundreds of Native American men, women, and children were killed in South Dakota, putting an end to the American-Indian Wars. -
Workers at Pullman Co. started a national strike that was quickly shut down by the government. -
Accidental mis-storage of gun powder caused a US battleship to explode in Havana, Cuba, leading to the American-Spanish War. -
The invention of the assembly line made car production faster and more efficient, which made cars more available to Americans. -
Unsafe working conditions caused a catastrophic fire in New York City, killing over 100 immigrant women and children working inside. -
Worsening political conditions forced the US to join WWI, eventually leading to Germany's defeat. -
Gave White women the right to vote. -
Bad economic policy and distrust in banks and the government caused America to go into its longest and deepest depression to date. -
Unsustainable farming techniques and weather conditions led to farmland in the Midwest becoming unusable and creating large and destructive dust storms. -
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which caused the US to join WWII. -
Tensions between the US and the Soviet Union rose after WWII due to conflicting political views.
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Rosa Parks, a Black woman, refused to leave the bus after being told she was not allowed to sit in the designated Whites-only section. -
Gave Black men the right to vote.