History By MaddieH0716 Jan 24, 1848 California Gold Rush Begins May 20, 1862 Homestead Act Jan 10, 1867 John D. Rockefeller Founded Standard Oil 1873 Mark Twain and Charles Dusky Warner Publish the Gilded Age Jul 14, 1877 Great Railroad Strike Mar 4, 1886 labor rally at haymarket square erupts in violence Period: Jul 1, 1892 to Nov 20, 1892 Homestead Steel Strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Aug 13, 1896 U.S. Fights Spanish- American war Period: Feb 3, 1913 to Apr 8, 1913 16th and 17th Amendment Jul 28, 1914 WW1 Begins 1918 Spanish Influenza Outbreak Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Officially ends WW1 Jan 17, 1920 18th Amendment Oct 24, 1929 Stock Market Crash Oct 24, 1929 Great Depression Begins Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 U.S drops atomic Bombs on Japan, WW2 ends Sep 25, 1957 Little Rock’s Central High School integrates Apr 4, 1968 MLK Jr Assassinated in Memphis Jan 22, 1973 Roe V. Wade Legalized
