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Civil War: Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln won election in 1860, he was the first republican president. He was the 16th president of the United States. -
Civil War: Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation created by Abraham Lincoln. he announced that he would order the emancipation of all slaves in any state that did not end their rebellion against the Union by January. -
Civil War: battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Vicksburg ended in July 4, 1863. The goal was to control the Mississippi river -
Reconstruction: 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolsihed slavery. it was ratified by the states on December 6, 1865 -
Reconstruction: Surrender at Appomattox
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. Only lasted for 1 day. -
Reconstruction: President Lincoln Assinated
president lincoln was assassinated. His killer was John Wilkes Booth. -
Industrialization: John D. Rockefeller
Founder of Standard Oil. Died May 23rd, 1937. -
Industrialization: The inventor of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. Makes long distance comunication possible for everyone. -
Industrialization: Invention of the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison Inventor of the first light bulb. He first started as a telographer. -
Gilded Age: Haymarket Riot
Killed 6 police men, and wounding 60 others. By 1886 the group had 700,000 members. -
Gilded Age: Homestead Steel Strike
Henry Frick locks out employees from work. Strike ended on November 20. -
Gilded Age: Pullman Strike
Nationwide railroad strike. It stopped trains from passing through. -
Civil Rights Movement: Plessy v. Ferguson
In Plessy v. Ferguson the United States Supreme Court upholds a Louisiana law that says "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites. This was taken to court. -
Imperialism: Spanish American War
Conflict between Spain and the United States. 10 week war fought both in the Caribbean and the Pacific. -
Imperialism: Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was another name for the United States Navy. They did a circumnavigation of the globe for 2 years. -
Imperialism: Dollar Diplomacy
Loans made to foreign countries. William Howard Taft was president at this time. -
WWI: Archduke Assassination
Was assinated in Sarajevo. Which leads to WW1. -
WW1: Sinking of Lusitania
British passenger U-boat sinks the Lusitania. Starts WW1 which led US entering. -
Roaring 20's: Eighteenth Amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment. Prohibiting the sale of alcohol. -
WWI: Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles ends World War One. Imposes heavy reparations payments on Germany. -
Roaring 20's: Seattle Strike
This was the post war Red Scare. The AFL and the Industrial Workers of the World organize a general strike -
Roaring 20's: Palmer Raids
Palmer raids were a number of attacks on the socialist and the communist in the United States from 1918 to 1921. Approximately 10,000 suspected radical leftist citizens and immigrants in the United States were arrested. -
Great Depression: Black Tuesday
Worst day in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. Signaled the Great Depression. -
Great Depression: Presidential Election
the 37th quadrennial presidential election. FDR Defeated Herbert Hoover. -
WWii: Hitler
Adolf Hitler was his real name. He was a dictatorial leader. -
Great Depression: Bank Holiday
Franklin roosevelt created it. Created because there was a banking panic. -
WWii: Neutrality Act
passed by the US congress on 1937.Growing turmoil which led to WWii. -
WWii: Pearl Harbor
Japanese sinks Lusitania. America joins the war. -
Cold War: yalta Conference
Yalta Conference end Feb 11. Meeting for FDR, stalin, and Churchill. -
Cold War: VE Day
VE Day - Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders. -
Cold War: Atomic Bomb
United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The bomb was called "Little Boy". -
Vietnam War: Hiroshima
The United States drops an atomic bomb the first to be used in warfare. Kills 80,000 people appx. -
Vietnam War: Nagasaki
A second atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki. Japan Surrenders after. -
Vietnam War: Japan Surrenders
Japan Surrenders. Japan surrenders to the Allied Powers, officially ending World War II. -
Civil Rights Movement: Truman Desegregates Armed Forces
Harry S. Truman was Pres. at the time. He issues Executive Order 9981 desegregating the armed forces. -
Civil Rights Movement: Brown v. Board of Education
Desegregated schools. Happened in Topeka, Kansas.
