Timeline Project ((Desiree Smith Pd.6))

Lincoln Inauguration(Civil War)

Mar 4, 1861

Inaugurated as th 16th Presdient.Gave a stark warning to the south he will not tolarte secession

Civil Wr Begins

Apr 12, 1861

Take splace at Fort Sumter in Charlseton, Souht Carlionia. Confedarate forces under general P.G,T Beauregard bombard Major Rohert Anderson and his soldiers.

Battle Of Gettysburg (Civil War)

Jul 1, 1863

The turning point of the civil war.One of the bloodiest battles of the war .

KKK Begins (Reconstruction)

Dec 24, 1865

A terroist group formed to intimidate blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities.First met in Pulaski, Tennessee.

14th Amendment Ratified (Reconstruction)

Jul 28, 1868

Revoked the three-fifths compromise in the consititution.Creates a new federal category of citizenship

Grant Elected Presdient (Gilded Age)

Nov 3, 1868

Grant defeats Seymour in the election. Grants recieves 214 of 294 votes in the Electoral College

Rockefeller Stanard Oil (Gilded Age)

Jan 10, 1870

Rockefeller has been in the active oil business since 1863. Stanard oil was first formed as a partnership in 1868

Reconstruction Ends,Redemption Begins (Reconstruction)

Sep 18, 1873

Hayes withdraws the federal troops from the south. The last radical state governments collapse and the Redemption period begins.

Bell Invents Telephone(IGilded Age)

Mar 10, 1876

Bell successfully transmitis a human voice over a wire. The telephone revolutionize personal and business communication

Zimmerman Telegram (WW1)

Feb 25, 1917

a message from German secretary Arthur Zimmermann proposing that Mexico side with Germany in case of war between Germany and the U.S . Mexico refuses the offer.

U.S. Enters War(ww1)

Apr 6, 1917

Congress declers war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain.

Selective Service Act (WW1)

May 18, 1917

Congress passes the Selective Service Act authorizing the draft. President Wilson claims he sees no other option and signs the bill into law.

Wilson Suffers a Stroke(Roaring 20's)

Oct 2, 1919

President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke, leaving him largely incapacitated for the final 18 months of his term. He later dies on Feb.3, 1924

Seattle Strike (Roaring 20's)

Dec 6, 1919

The strike ultimately fails when workers, threatened with state violence and undermined by their own cautious labor leaders, return to their jobs.Seattle General Strike terrifies many Americans

Sacco-Vanzetti Trial (Roaring 20's)

May 31, 1921

Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in Northampton, Massachusetts. Sacco and Vanzetti had been unfairly tried and convicted and that "any disgrace should be forever removed from their names.

Roosevelt Inauguration (G.D)

Mar 4, 1933

inaugurated into office as 32nd President of the United States. The speech was located East Portico,U.S. Capitol Washington, DC

Longshoremen Strike(G.D)

May 8, 1934

conducted with significant aid from the Communist Party, paralyzes shipping and trade in California, The strike ends with a victory for the longshoremen's union; cooperation between the longshoremen and West Coast Communists

Attack on the Panay (WW2)

Dec 12, 1937

Japanese warplanes dive-bomb the American gunboat Panay in the Yangtze River in China. Japan apologizes and pays reparations for the lives lost.

Britain and France Declare War(WW2)

Sep 3, 1939

Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland.President Franklin D. Roosevelt invokes the Neutrality Act

Hiroshima (C.W)

Aug 6, 1945

Little Boy attacked the japanese city of Hiroshima.The bomber is an amercian named Enola Gay

Korea Divided at 38th Parallel (C.W)

Aug 10, 1945

At the end of world war 2 Korea occupied during the war by japanese forces. North Korea is run by communist Kim ll-sung.

Ho Chi Minh Declears Independence (C.W)

Sep 2, 1945

Nationalist Ho Chi Minh decleras vietnams independence from france. Ho's declaration quotes the american decleration of 1776

First Indochina War (Vietnam.War)

Dec 19, 1946

Viet Minh attacks french forces occupying Hanoi in Northeren Vietnam. Also called the Franco-Vietnamese.

Eisenhower Rejects Troop Committment (Viet.War)

Feb 10, 1954

Eisenhower refuses to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. he states, "I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war in any of those regions."

First American Deaths (Viet.War)

Jul 8, 1959

military advisors are killed by Viet Minh guerilla soldiers in a raid at Bien Hoa in South Vietnam.These are the first American deaths (non-combat) reported in Vietnam.

KKK Bombs Birmingham Church (Civikl.R.Move.)

Sep 15, 1963

KKK bombs the 16th street baptist church killing 4 young girls attending sunday school.Thomas Blanton Jr. is convicted for the crime in 2001, 38 years after the muder.

Kennedy Assassination (Civil.R.Move.)

Nov 22, 1963

Riding in motorcade through Dallas, Texas president JFK was shot and killed.Vice pres. Johnson assumes the presidency

Harlem Riot (Civil.R.Move.)

Jul 18, 1964

Fatal shooting of a 15 year old african amercian boy by a white police officer. One person killed, 100 injurd and several hundred arrested