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Oregon dispute
It was a dispute over where the border between united states and British controlled Oregon.Nearly leading to war. -
Manfieist destiny
The belief that America was destined to dominate the entire continent.Leading to the colonization of the west. -
Texas annexation
Texas is annexed into the union. After being independent from several years.Adding another rslave states and also leading to rising tension with mexico. -
Oregon territory treaty
The treaty that establishes the border between the united states and Canada. Preventing war and fulling manifest destiny. -
Wilmot Proviso
A law is passed in ordr to prohibit slaver in the new region conquered from mexcio.Leading to tension with the south. -
Kansas Nebraska act
Another attempt at a compromise do to the tension on whether new states should be free or slave staes.Pushing the civil war further down the road. -
Mormon trek ends
Mormons living in the east traveled west in order to escape persecution.Founding salt lake city. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This was the treaty that ends the war and that give up large parts of Mexico to the united states. -
Seneca falls convention
-A meeting a feminist is held in order to demand for equal rights. -
California gold rush
Gold is discovered in California.Leading to gold miners folding California and California becoming a state. -
Compromise of 1850
An agreement to try to settle the issue of slavery in the newly acquired Mexican conquest.It along with other comprises further help prevent the civil war by a few years. -
Uncle toms cabin
An anti-slavery book is published. With it exploding in popularity, and leading to anti slavery sentiment spearding. -
Bleeding kansas
A sort of mini civil war breaks out in Kansas between northerners and southerners. who flooded into the region in order to swing the state one way. -
sumer brooks affair.
A pro-slavery congressman hit an anit slavery with a cane on the senete floor after he was offended by a speech that was being made. -
Dred scout
The suprem court declares that black people are ctizens not and have no right or legal protections -
John brown raid
An anti-slavery advocate launch a raid on a fort.But it ends in defeat and him being executed -
Lincoln elcection
Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the united states.Leading to the civil war. -
Crittenden Compromise
A last-ditch effort to compromise to prevent the civil war.But it ends in failure -
Fort sumter
The south launches an attack on a federal fort.Being the first battle of the civil war. -
Homestead act
This act is passed in toder to open up the west for settlement.Altuogh it doesn't happen yet due to the civil war. -
emancipation proclamation
With the emancipation, proclamation lincoln ends slavery in southern states that where revolting .But not in another nsttes that had slavery. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg the north turns the tide of thew war in its favorit. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The final part of the Vicksburg campaign end in union vicotry.And spilting the confederacy in two. -
March to the sea
The union army marches deep into the south.Destroying large parts of it in order to cripple the southern war efforst. -
Transcontinental Railroad Act
A series of acts to create a railroad accourse the country.Making transport to the west faster and easier. -
Sand creek massacre
Union calvary massacres a camp a native in modern-day colorado..Being one of the largest massacres in the united histroy. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse,
The surrender of Robert lee army to the union.Ending the civil war. -
Freedman Bureau
An orignaztion is formed to to help free slaves,and also poor whites. -
Black code
A series of laws are implemented in order to persecute former slaves.And keep them from attending equale rights. -
Reconstruction Acts (military)
The military is deployed to the south.In order to enforce reconstruction.And also crack down and persection of blacks by former confederats -
Andrew johnson
Andrew Johnson is impeachd by the repblican congress on a technacality.Which hated him. -
Knights of Labor Founded
The knights of labor union is founded to right for labor rights.It soon becomes widespread on operating on multiple countries and even continets. -
Stranded oil
Standard oil one of the titans of industry is founded.Eventually forming one of the first monopolies. -
Tweed Ring Exposed
It was imposed that a political organizer had stolen large amounts of money from taypayers. -
Ku Klux Klan Act
The klan is forcefully disolved by the army after terrsiong freed slaves.Leading to it be dissolved for several years. -
Credit Mobilier Exposed
Corruption over the building of railroads is exposed.Also exposing the corruption of the era as a whole. -
Little bighorn
A battle fought by native and united states soldiers that results in a victory for the natives.But only leads to futher persectuion of natives. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes Elected is elected.He is a weak and ineffective president like most of the era. -
Bland—Allison Act
An act by the govermnt to buy silver and in silver coins.In order to try to deal with inflation -
Tuskegee Institute
An organization founded to help black student is founded. Being active to this day. -
Chinese exclusion act
An law banning Chinese immigration to this united states is passed. due to incread xenephoiba. -
Social darwinsim
The beliefe that Darwinism should be applied to people and sociaty. -
American Federation of Labor (Samuel Gompers)
The afl is formed by knights of labor who are dissafiied by them.Organizing many large scale labor movment. -
Dawes Severalty Act
A law passed to break up native communities by given farmland to industrial natives. -
Hull House (Jane Addams)
The hull house is founded in order to help educate poor women.And recently arrived european migrants. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This was the first federal to fight truest,although its success was minimal.As many monopolies continued after that -
How the Other Half Lives (Jacob Riis)
A photo album to show how poor people live.THis helps exposed poor living and working conditions. -
Battle of wounded knees
The "battle" of wounded kkeen is fought resulting in doznes of native being killd. -
Homestead Steel Strike
A strike of steelworkers was church and several people are killed.Inspiring many workers to keep fighting but showing that it would not be easy or safe. -
Populist Party Organized
The left-wing populist party is founded.Although it doesn't have much of an impact. -
Pullman Strike
A series of strikes acourse the country by railroad workers. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A court case that upheld that segregation is legal.And unpolding it until the 20t century -
Yellow Journalism
Journalism that = lied and exaggerated.Helping start the Spanish American war. -
Spanish amercian war
A war between Spain and America which results in America seizing most of the remaining Spanish empire. -
Teller admented
A law requiring us military persnace in cuba.Cementing us power in the country. -
Open Door Policy
China iss carved up into spheres of influnces.After being forucllfuly being open up to the outside world -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt is elected as president starting the progressive era. And also bring in an to the era of weak and ineffective presidents that had been happing since the civil war. -
Platt admented
An act that basically makes Cuba a vassel of the united states.But allow it to remain independent. -
Big stick policy
The foigehn policy of pushing around us military and economic power. -
Ford Motor Company Founded
The ford motor company is founded.Being active to this day. -
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt states that America has a responsibility. towards Latin america.Using it to justify intervention -
Niagara Movement (W.E.B. Du Bois)
An early civil rights movement formed to fight racial segregation.It also led by black activisit. -
The jungle
The jungle is published to show the harsh living conditions for migrants in the united states. -
Pure Food and Drug Act,
The first ever law in the united states that regulated food safty. -
Meat inspection act
A law regulating the sale and distribution of meat is passed.One of the fist in the country. -
NAACP
The NAACP is formerd to fight racial segregation.With many of its founding members part of the Niagara movment -
Doller diplomany
The us began flexing its financial musles by using money to influence other countrys. -
Bull moose party
The bull mouse party is formed with teddy Roosevelt as its canidate.Althoug it fails to win the prisidenecy. -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
A law banning monopolies.Althoug its effects are minimal. -
U.S. Neutrality Proclaimed
The policy of us neutrality during ww1 i declared.With the goal of keeping the us out of the war. -
Birth of a nation.
The film birth of a nation is played at the white house and also makes the kkk popular again. -
Sussex Pledge,
An agreemnt to halt announced unrestricted warfare.But the germans don't honer it. -
Keating-Owen Act
A law meant to crackdown on and outlaw child labor.Helping to bring an end to it. -
Us enters ww1
After years of rising tension, the us enters world war one.Helping take the war in the allies' favorite. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The bolshevik revoltuion happs in russia.Leading to the re scare in america. -
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
It was fourteen policies that Willson wanted to include into the agreements that ended ww1.But he fails to push it though -
Worldwide Influenza Epidemic
A world wide epidemic breaks out.Leading to what is now clladthe spanish flue. -
League of Nations debated in US
After long debate the us congress decided not to join the league of nations.Partially caused by wodreow willson having a store and being unable to advocate for it.