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Industialization: Andrew Carnegie
A Scottish-American industrialist who led the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
Industrialization: John D. Rockefeller
He was a co-founder of Standard Oil Company. He revolutionized the petroleum industry. -
Civil War, Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the U.S Congress. It meant that all slaves who escaped must be returned to their slave owner. -
Civil War: Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
Roaring Twenties: Booker T. Washington
Booker T. was an African American educator. -
Industrialization:First time Translatic cable was used.
The communication was on August 16, 1858. -
Civil War: Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States. This event led to seven Southern states seperating from the United States. those seven states formed the Confederacy. -
Reconstruction:Ku Klux Klan
This was a group of people that terrorized African Americans etc. They were white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration dressed in all white hoods to scare away African Americans. They also prevented African Americans from excercising their political rights. -
Roaring Twenties: W.E.B DU Bois
Du Bois was a civil rights activist and historian. He favored a struggle for full civill rights. -
Reconstruction:Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
President Johnson was the first president to be removed from being president. Andrew Johnson was impeached for removing his Secretary of War. -
Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Also known as Teddy Roosevelt he was the 32nd President. -
Gilded Age: Haymarket Riot
Workers were on strike striking for eight-hour days. Then an unknown person threw a dynomite in Haymarket Square. -
World War 2: Adolf Hitler
Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party. \ -
Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh
He was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader who was a prime minister. He also led the Viet Minh Independence movement. -
Gilded Age: Homestead Strike
Carnegie and Frick locked out workers for failing to negotiate a new contract. -
Gilded Age: Pullman Strike
Pulllman lowered wages but not prices in his company town. So Pullman's workers went on strike. -
Reconstruction:Plessy v. Ferguson
This case started the arguement April,1896 and was decided May, 1896. It meant that facilities can be "seperate but equal." -
Imperialism: Sinking of U.S.S Maine
The U.S.S Maine exploded without warning killing nearly three quarters of the crew. -
Imperialism: The Spanish-American War
American helped Cuba fight for their independence from Spanin. U.S. Helped Cuba win. Cuba remained independent but came under indirect U.S. control. -
Vietnam War: Lyndon B. Johnson
The 36th President of the United States. Federal aid to Education, Medicare/ Medicaid. -
Vietnam War: Richard Nixon
The 37th President of the United States of America. -
The Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This event lead to a boycott of the city's buses led by Dr.MLK. -
World War 1: Causes of WWI
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism was a major reason of the war. The assassinaation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was another major reason. -
Imperialism: Panama Canal
The canal was a shortcut that made traveling through the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. Panama Canal was opened August 15, 1914. -
World War 1: Zimmerman Telegram
Arthur Zimmerman (Secretary of the German Empire) sent a telegram to Mexico to join the Central Powers just incase the United States joined the war against Germany. Mexico refused and the telegram was intercepted by the British. -
The Cold War: John F. Kennedy
JFK was the 35th President of the United State and was also the youngest President to be elected at age 43. The events JFK went through during his presidency were Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban Missle Crisis, The Space Race, and the African-American Civil RIghts Movement. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963. -
World War 1: End of WWI
Allies Drove back the Germans and began entering the trenches. Germans had troubles with their own revolutionaries, so Germans agreed to an armistice (Agreement of parties to stop fighting) -
Roaring Twenties: Sacco an Vanzetti
Jury found Sacco and Vanzetti guilty of first-degree murder. Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian anarchists (relentless warfare against a violent government.) -
World War 2: Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro overthrew a dictator in Cuba and made Cuba a Communist state. He was a Communist revolutionary and politician. -
Civil Rights Movement: Martin Luther King Jr.
He was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. During the Moarch on Washington MLK delivered his most famous " I Have a Dream " speech. Dr.King was assassinated in 1968. -
Great Depression: The Great Depression
The depression originated in the U.S. It was the greatest crisis in our nation's history. The great depression ended after WWII. -
Great Depression: Black Tuesday
Also known as Wall Street Crash of 1929. It was the most devastating stock market crash in U.S. history. Basically Black Tuesday was the start of The Great Depression. -
World War 2: Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was the United States Navy deep-water naval base. Japan suprised Pearl Harbor by sneak attacking them on December 7, 1941 -
World War 2: D-Day
America and Britian forces invaded Normandy and advanced across France. D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
The Civil Rights Movement: Brown vs. Board of Education
This event made segregated school unconstitutional. This overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. All white and African-American students were allowed to go to the same school. -
Cold War: Cuban Missie Crisis
Americans found out that Cubans were going to install Soviet nuclear missiles. The Cold War came close to turning into a nuclear war. This started the Cuban Missile Crisis.
