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Lincolns Assasination
President Abe Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Boothe. -
Ku Klux Klan founded
The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866, and the members were advocates for white supremacy. -
Grant defeats Seymour for presidency
Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horatio Seymour in a landslide vote in the election of 1868. -
Fisk and Gould scandal
Fisk and Gould tried to hoard the nations gold then tell the treasury not to distribut any. Thereby making the value of gold go up, and making them rich. -
Fifteenth Amendment ratified
The fifteenth amendment prohibited denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Force Acts
The Force Acts were three laws passed after the Civil War to ensure that African Americans could vote and limiting the activity of the Ku Klux Klan. -
Tweed scandal in New York
Boss Tweed had a political machine on Tamany Hall, and he was getting rich off of corruption. -
Credit Mobilier scandal
The Union Pacific Railroad company charged the government excess fees and tricked them by pretending to have contract with a company with inflated prices, and they pocketed all of the extra money. -
Panic of 1873
The bank collapsed suddenly, putting America into a panic. It lasted for three years after, but they were able to get out of it. -
Whiskey Ring Scandal
A group of politicians used their corruption and greed to gain millions of dollars in excess taxes on whiskey until they were caught. -
Hayes-Tilden election
Republican Hayes and Democrat Tilden went head to head for the election of 1876. They were in a bit of a fix when 4 swing states voted between the two of them almost equally. -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 entailed that the presidency would go to Hayes if he would take the troops out of the South. -
Garfield defeats Hancock for presidency
Republican James A. Garfield went against Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock, after Hayes first term in presidency, and Hancock won -
Garfield assassinated
President Garfield was assassinated by a Stalwart, in the hopes that his Vice President, Chester Arthur, would use the spoils system. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The act banned Chinese immigration for four years because the Americans on the West Coast hated them, and even attacked them. -
Pendleton Act
The Pendleton Act was issued by Chester A. Arthur. It set up the Civil Service Commission and took power away from the spoils system. -
Cleveland is president
Democrat Grover Cleveland beat Republican James G. Blaine after 30 years straight of just Republicans in office. -
Harrison wins presidency
Republican Benjamin Harris beats Democrat Grover Cleveland only one term by Cleveland -
Thomas Reed becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives
Thomas Reed became Speaker of the House on 1889, and he was kind of a bully to President Harrison. -
Homestead Steel Strike
Workers at this steel mill went on strike, so the owner of it hired a company to get them to work again, and it was a bloody battle. -
Pullman Stirke
"Coxeys Army" marches on Washington Pullman Strike. -
Cubans Revolt Against Spain
The Cubans wanted to be free of Spanish rule, they were not treated humanely -
Utah admitted to the Union.
Utah was admitted to the union several years after polygamy was banned. -
Dingley Tariff Act
The Dingley Tariff act raised tariffs in United States to counteract the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act of 1894, which had lowered rates. -
Library of Congress opened
Libary of Congress holds all literary works in America. -
Teller Amendment
President McKinley signed off on it. It stated that after America freed the Cubans, then they would be free -
Hawaii Annexed
Hawaii was added to the American states. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. It ended with the Americans defeating the Spanish. -
Maine explosion in Havana Harbor
The ship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, American incestigators believed that the Spanish did it on purpose. -
Charlotte Perkins Gilman publishes Women and Economics
It is a study of the economic relation between men and women as a factor in social evolution. -
Phillipines acquired by America
The senate ratifies the treay acquiring the Phillipines. -
Kate Chopin publishes The Awakening
The awakening is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism. -
Foraker Act
Foraker Act for Puerto Rico established Puerto Rican citizenship. -
Gold Standard Act
It established gold as the only thing that can redeem paper money. -
Theodore Dreiser publishes Sister Carrie
It is about a young American girl who moves to the city and realizes her american dream. -
Platt Amendment
It withdrew troops from Cuba after the Spanish American War and defined Cuban US relations. -
U.S, troops leave Cuba
The Spanish American War ended and the US stayed true to the Platt ammendment and left. -
Oklahoma added to the Union
Oklahoma was the 46th state to be added to the Union. -
Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 1907. -
Root-Takahira agreement
The agreement was made between the US and Japan. It consisted of the affirmation of the independence and territorial integrity of China, and also maintenance of free trade and equal commercial opportunities. -
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
It was a bill that lowered certain tariffs on goods entering the United States. -
Ballinger-Pinchot affair
It helped to define the U.S. conservation movement in the early 20th century. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
This clothing company had many women die in a fire because of inadequate fire safety measures. -
Standard Oil anti trust act
It was ensued to stop the trust because it was a "bad" trust. -
U.S. Steel Corporation antitrust suit
It won in the court case, even though it did not provide as good of service to costumers as the Standard Oil Company. -
Taft is Republican nominee
Taft wins the Republican nominee against Roosevelt. -
17th Amendment
The 17th amendment was passed by direct election of U,S, Senators. It established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. -
Federal Reserve Act
It created and set up the federal reserve, which is a central banking system. -
Construction of the Panama Canal completed
The Canal was built to make American ships have an easier time getting to the different sides of the nations. -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
It was passed by the U.S. Congress as an amendment to clarify and supplement the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. -
Council of National Defense established
Established so that the people would get more excited for the war. It was a civilian council -
Espionage Act of 1917
America made sying illegual during the war. -
Zimmerman Note
Germany sends a note to Mexico attempting to make an alliance. -
U.S. enters World War 1
The United States enter the war for many reasons. One including the Zimmerman note. -
Sedition Act of 1918
Stated that you cannot say something that will put you or the ocuntry in clear and present danger. -
Fourteen Points
Wilson makes up his fourteen points. -
18th Ammendment
18th ammendment passed and prohibited alcohol. -
Wilson Pro-League tour
President Wilson toured the country trying to get the poeple to support the League of Nations. -
Paris Peace Conference
Attempt for the world powers to dispute the treaty. Wilson fought fo rthe League of Nations. -
Volstead Act
This act was created to enforce Prohibition. -
Red Scare
Teh Red Scare was a time in the history that America was paranoid that communism would take root in the U.S. -
Warren Harding is the next president
Harding defeats Cox for presidency -
19th Ammendment
Womens right to vote passed in teh Senate. -
Senate defeats Versailles Treaty
The Senate made a final decission to defeat the Versailles treaty partly because Henry Cabot Lodge fought against it. -
Sacco-Vanzetti trial
These two men were italians and anarchists, and the jury and judge were taken away wtith the "red scare" at this time, so they were punished with execution to their crime, which was thought too harsh. -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
This act was partly passed due to the red scare. It caused that the immigrants would have to be limited to a small percentage per year. -
Scopes Trial
A Teacher in Tennessee was tried for teaching evolution, and he lost and was fined 100 dollars. -
The Great Gatsby
Author Fizgerald wrote the book The Great Gatsby, which reflected the booming city culture of the 1920's. -
Lindbergh flies the Atlantic solo
Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean solo, and was the first to do so. He was very famous for this. -
The Jazz Singer
The first talking motion picture came out, and it was called "The Jazz Singer". -
Good Neighbor Policy in action
FDR declares Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America -
Securities and Exchange Commmission authorized
The Securities and Exchange Commission was created after the Depression. The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, and to maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets -
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
This was an Act passed by Congress in 1934 that authorized the president to establish tariff-reduction agreements with foreign countries. -
U.S. Neutrality Act of 1935
This act was a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war. It also declared that American citizens traveling on warring ships traveled at their own risk. -
U.S. Neutrality Act of 1936
The Purpose of this Act was to renew The Neutrality Act of 1935, for another 14 months. -
U.S. Neutrality Act of 1937
This Act renewed the previous Neutrality Acts but this time without a time limit. -
Munich Conference
World powers met in Munich to decide what to do about Germanys recent aggressive actions. -
U.S. Neutrality Act of 1939
This Act allowed for arms trade with belligerent nations on a cash and carry basis, thus in effect ending the arms embargo. -
Lend-Lease Act
Under this Act America supplies the Allied nations with materials. -
Pearl Harbor bombed
Japan bombed Pearl Harobr because they wanted to prove they couldnt be "bullied" by trade restrictions that the U.S, created.
