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Abraham Lincoln is elected sixteenth president of the United States. he was the first Republican president in the nation who represents a party that opposes the spread of slavery in the territories of the United States.
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A skirmish near Philippi in western Virginia. it the first clash of Union and Confederate forces in the east.
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Fort Hatteras at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, falls to Union naval forces. This begins the first Union efforts to close southern ports along the Carolina coast.
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Lincoln issues the second Emancipation Proclamation. emphasized as a war measure, which frees all slaves in states or parts of states that were still in rebellion against the United States.
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President Johnson declares the reconstruction process complete. Outraged, Radical Republicans in Congress refuse to recognize new governments in southern states.
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this act placed Southern states under military rule. it also barred former supporters of the Confederacy from voting.
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Isma'il supported the building of the Suez Canal. It was a human-made canal that cut through the Isthmus of Suez.
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The project was authorized by President Abraham Lincoln under the Pacific Railway Act of 1862. The construction of the railroad would ultimately link the eastern railways with the Pacific Ocean.
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The collapse of Jay Cooke and Company, a Philadelphia investment bank, triggers a nationwide financial panic that leads to a broader economic depression which lasts until 1879.
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A federal grand jury indicts 238 people—including President Ulysses S. Grant's personal secretary, General O.E. Babcock, and dozens of whiskey distillers and revenue officials—for conspiring to defraud the United States government of tax revenues.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The telephone was developed while Bell was trying to improve the telegraph
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Brakemen and firemen from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad walk off the job at Camden Junction, Maryland, initiating a wildcat strike that will shut down thousands of miles of track throughout the northeastern United States.
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During the Conference they agreed that any European country can claim land in Africa by notifying other nations of its claim. It had to show and prove that they could control the area. Every country was invited except Africa
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The Sherman Antitrust Act was signed into law in 1890, and was intended to prevent businesses from increasing the cost of goods to the consumer. it was signed into law on july 2 1890.
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war that began in 1898 against the Spanish over treatment of Cubans by Spanish troops that controlled the island. As a result of this war, the United States annexed the Philippines, making America a major power in the Pacific.
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germans block off the the waters around germany and great britian. they used u boats to sink any ships that passed by.
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The Battle of Gallipoli was a attempt by theAllie powers to taker over the seas of Europe to Russia.
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Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers.
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Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States.
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In Seattle, local trade unionists affiliated with both the mainstream American Federation of Labor and the radical Industrial Workers of the World organize a general strike, halting economic activity in the city for five days
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The Palmer Raids begin, launching a period of intense government persecution of radical political dissidents in response to the postwar Red Scare sweeping the nation
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Congress passes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. This raised import duties in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition.
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Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide to win the presidency. he is elected the next President
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Unemployment rates goes up 25%. people are forced to beg for food so they can live. many people lost their homes due to this.
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Japanese did a secert attack on Pearl Harbor due to americans taking their oil. that attack had major affect on Americans. It killed more than 2300 people.
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Americans invaded france and fought their way to Germany. more than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircrafts where used in the invasion.
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American scientist tested the firs Atomic bomb in New Mexico. Tjis group of scientist was supported by FDR.
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united States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki. the bomb was called Fatman. 70,000 people died instaly and 100,000 died from burns and radiation sickness.
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The marshall plan was created to help European countries.They help rebuild the economy due to wwII.
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A force of 40,000 heavily armed Vietminh lay seige to the French garrison at Dienbienphu. Using Chinese artillery to shell the airstrip, the Vietminh make it impossible for French supplies to arrive by air.
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This case help segerate schools. It gave blacks a equal changes to learn.
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A group of students who tired going to a Central High school. They where forcused back by state troopers.
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John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency. He is now the new president of the Untied States.
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the Berlin wall was created to separte democracy and Communism during the Cold War. For 28 years it kept East Germans from fleeing to the west.
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President JFK was assassinated in dalles. This meant that the problem of how to proceed in Vietnam fell squarely into the lap of his vice president, Lyndon Johnson.
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President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968. This prohibied discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing.
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