My Final History Timeline by Jessica Melson

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  • The California Gold Rush

    The California Gold Rush

    The mere whispers of gold had everyone worldwide trying to get a piece of the action.
  • The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

    President Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth while attending a theater production ''Our America's Cousin'' in Washington, D.C. He died a day later, on 04/15/1865.
  • The Ku Klux Klan

    The Ku Klux Klan

    They were a group developed after the Civil War, hoping things would go back to the way it was.

  • The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

    This book was written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner only a few years after the Civil War.
  • The Compromise of 1877

    The Compromise of 1877

    During this presidential election, it was all chaos until a few people made deals so another Civil War wouldn't break out.

  • The Square Deal

    President Theodore Roosevelt's idea was to make life fairer for every American citizen.
  • The Construction of Panama Canal

    The Construction of Panama Canal

    This started to signify our presence in foreign countries; we were made to be a threat, not an easygoing country.
  • Franz Ferdinand Assassination

    Franz Ferdinand Assassination

    This ultimately started WW1 because they had small and powerful allies to defend their country.
  • The Sinking of Lusitania

    The Sinking of Lusitania

    Germany destroyed the Lusitania to get us involved in WW1.

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    This was the last straw for President Wilson. The Germans were trying to get the U.S. out of WWI, but it didn't work.
  • The Influenza Pandemic

    The Influenza Pandemic

    Just happened after WW1 everyone was getting sick with the flu worldwide.
  • The Stock Market Crash

    The Stock Market Crash

    This happened to be the worst day for everyone who put their life's savings in the banks. This happened to start the Great Depression.
  • The Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombed Pearl Harbor during WW2 it was the most significant attack on our country at this time.

  • The Korean War

    North Korean troops start to invade South Korea, and communism starts to affect this country.
  • Little Rock's Central High School Integrates

    Little Rock's Central High School Integrates

    When African American students were being allowed in white schools so they could get a better education.
  • March on Washington Protest

    March on Washington Protest

    This was the day that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered him "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., which is an iconic dream.
  • Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony

    Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony

    When we really got an insight into African Americans' daily lives, we saw that they were getting tired and wanted more change.
  • The Assassination of Malcolm X

    The Assassination of Malcolm X

    After his death, the Black Panthers started to form a violent human rights activist group.

  • The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    This event cast shock waves in America. He was the most famous civil rights activist, and he was a nonviolent one.
  • 1968 Civil Rights Act

    1968 Civil Rights Act

    This happened a week after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. President Johnson did honor his legacy at the time.