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Civil War: Fort Sumter Attacked
Confederates attack Fort Sumter in Charelston, South Carolina. This attack starts the Civil War. -
Civil War: Gettysburg
The war turns towards the south. Condererate troops are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Civil War: Lee Surrenders
General Robert Lee surrenders his confederate troops at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. General Ulysses Grant allowed Confederate soldiers to keep their war nessecities like, their sidearms and thier horses. -
Reconstruction: Lincoln"s death
As the Civil War was coming to an end President Abraham Lincoln was shot whilst watching a play. The former president's murderer whas John Wilkes Booth. -
Reconstruction: Johnson impeached
President Andrew Johnson was impeached because of a violation of the Tenure of Office Act. This was the first impeachment of an American president. -
Reconstruction: Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws required racial segregation between whites and blacks in public places. The laws were upheld by the "Plessy vs. Ferguson" case of 1896. -
Imperialism: Building of Canal
President Roosevelt built a canal through the Isthmus of Panama for easier access between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Panama later gave the US control of the canal zone in exchange for protection. -
Imperialism: Spanish American War
The US declares war on Spain because of a sinking of the Battleship Main. The war is ended with the signing of a treaty. -
Imperialism: Anti-Imperialists
Anti-Imperialists believed that Americans should not become imperialists because they had previously fought against British imperialists. Anti-Imperialists also argued that imperialism was against their democratic government. -
WWI: Zimmerman Telagram
The Zimmerman telegram was one of the main causes of America entering WWI. The note cotained stated that if America was to enter WWI that Germany would gain Mexico as an ally. The publication of the telegram outraged Americans. -
WWI: Entering The War
The US officially entered WWI in alliance with Britain, France, and Russia after attempting to not become involved. The ultimate cause of the US entering the war was the Zimmernam telagram. -
WWI: Treaty of Versialles
The treat of Versailles was signed by German and the allied powers officially ending the war. As a resultt Germany was to agree to the war guilt clause aking the blame and accepting to pay reparations to the allies. -
Roaring 20's: Economic Prosperity
The market floods with new electronic gadgets and tos due to assembly lines, which are causeing mass production therefore lowering prices. The spread of auto mobiles is also a contrabution of economic prosperity. -
Roaring 20's: Sacco and Vanzetti
two wrongfull accused italian ment were arrested and charged with robbbery and murder.Sacco and Vanzetto were executed on August 23, 1927 -
Roaring 20's: Race Riots
One of the worst race riots was in Rosewood Florida. This riot was started bt the rumor that a black man, Jesse Hunter, sexually assulted a white woman. -
The Great Depression:Black Tuesday
Marks the start of The Great Depression. The day the stock market crashed. -
WW2: The Holocaust
The Holocaust lasted for 12 years (1933-19450. During these years Jews were forced from their homes into 'ghettos" and ultimately were transported into concentration campe where they were first shaved of their heads and were either worked to death or killed instantly. -
The Great Depression: Bank Holiday
To stop banks from caving into themselves financially Roosevelt developed the bank holiday. From March 6-10 all bank transactions were suspended to give banks, that were labled by the government as unfit, time to either close of find another way to finance themselves. -
The Great Depression: The New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt came up with the new deal shortly after being elected president. In his plan to end The Great Depression Roosevelt had three goals: relief, recovery, and reform. -
WW2: Lend Lease Act
This act allowed the US to provide Britian with war supplies that were to be returned or paid for after the war. This act allowed the US to supply other countries with wartime supplies, if they were important to the defense of the United States. -
WW2: Pearl Harbor
Japan conducts a suprise attack on the United States Naval base in Hawaii. This is the ultimate cause of Americas entry to WW2.
