HISTORY FINAL PROJECT By jovmartinez 1800 1800- Westward expansion begins Apr 14, 1865 1865- Lincoln is assassinated at the theatre by John Wilkes Booth 1867 1867- KKK releases writing entailing their rise to power as well as a warning to black individuals 1869 1869- The first transcontinental railroad is built 1873 1873- Mark twain publishes the gilded age 1877 1877 The great railroad strike 1879 1879- Thomas Eddison creates the lightbulb 1885 1885- the first ever 10 story skyscraper is built 1892 1892- Homestead steel strike 1919 1919- the treaty of versailles 1920 1920- 19th amendment 1929 1929- The great depression 1931 1932- FDR elected president 1941 1941- the start of ww2 1945 1945- us bombs japan 1955 1955- Montgomery bus boycott 1963 1965- voting act 1968 1968- MLK assassinated 1973 1973- roe v wade 1974 1974- Watergate/ Nixons resignation
