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World War 1:Revolution Overthrows Austria-Hungarian Emperor
Radicals became angry at the Emperor and caused him to flee the country. -
Civil War: Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. -
Civil War: Dred Scott Decision
A controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court in 1857, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War -
Cvil War: Abraham Lincoln Election
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. -
Reconstruction:Presidential Reconstruction
At the end of May 1865, President Andrew Johnson announced his plans for Reconstruction, which reflected both his staunch Unionism and his firm belief in states’ rights. -
Reconstruction: The Black Codes and Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan was one of a number of secret, oath-bound organizations using violence. -
Gilded Age:Grant Elected President
Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour and is elected president of the United States. -
Industrialization:The First Transcontinental Railroad
the famous Golden Spike was driven into the ground to complete The First Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit in Utah. -
World War 1:Triple Entente Alliance Formed
The Triple Entente was the alliance linking Russia, France, and the United Kingdom after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente. -
Gilded Age:Panic of 1873
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. -
Industrialization:The Invention of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The telephone was developed while Bell was trying to improve the telegraph. -
Gilded Age:Alexander Graham Bell Invents Telephone
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell successfully transmits a human voice over a wire. The telephone will revolutionize personal and business communication. -
Reconstruction:The Compromise of 1877
1877 Congress passes Electoral Count Act Hayes becomes president Hayes removes remaining troops from the South to end Reconstruction. -
World War 1:Triple Alliance Formed
The Triple Alliance was the military alliance among Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882 until World War I in 1914 -
Industrialization:The Automobile
Karl Benz was granted a patent for an automobile powered by a gasoline engine. -
Imperialism:McKinley Tariff
The McKinley Tariff of set the average ad valorem tariff rate for imports to the United States at 48.4%, and protected manufacturing. Its chief proponent was Congressman and future President William McKinley. -
Imperialism:Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the U.S. It was a brief, intense conflict that effectively ended Spain's worldwide empire and gained the United States several new possessions in the Caribbean and the Pacific. -
Imperialism:The Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle convoy that completed a circumnavigation of the globe by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Cold War:Russian Communist Revolution
This is a term for a series of revolutions in Russia during 1917. During these revolutions is when Russia became a comminist country. -
Roaring 20’s:Germany Allies End World War I
Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the fighting in World War I. -
Great Depression:World War I Ends
During World War I, federal spending grows three times larger than tax collections, a severe recession results when the government cuts spending, -
Roaring 20’s:Eighteenth Amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States. -
Cold War:Treaty of Versailles
Treaty signed between Germany and the Allied Powers stating all the complaints and reparations Germany was responsible for in World War II. -
Roaring 20’s:Steel Strike Ends
The Great Steel Strike of 1919 ends with capitulation by the steelworkers. -
Great Depression:First Bank Panic
The first bank panic ensues causeing bankruptcies -
Great Depression:Franklin D. Roosevelt Becomes President
Franklin D. Roosevelt turned around America's Unemployment rate, when he became president the unemployment rate was 25 percent, and in 1937, it had fallen to 14.3 percent, a dramatic difference. -
World War II;Enabling Act of 1933
This act gave Hitler dictatorial power. -
World War II:Treaty of Versailles is Violated
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription and avoiding the weapon restirictions implaced by the Treaty. -
World War II:Nazis invade Denmark and Norway
Nazis deploy thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, other German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities. -
Cold War:KOREAN WAR
very costly and brutal war between the U.S and the Soviet Union and Korea. The war was to controll Koreas goverement which ended up in the division of Korea. -
Civil Rights Movement:ROSA PARKS
Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white person. -
Vietnam war:Gulf of Tonkin Attack
South Vietnamese commandos attack two small North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT:Martin Luther King Jr. was assinated
martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl ray was later found guilty of the crime. -
Civil Rights Movement:civil rights act of 1968
President Johnson sghned this bill ending the discrimination in finaincing of housing and rental and all sales. -
Vietnam War:Operation Menu
President Nixon authorizes Operation Menu, the bombing of North Vietnamese and Vietcong bases within Cambodia. -
Vietnam War:Nixon Resigns
President Richard M. Nixon resigns, leaving South Vietnam without its strongest advocate.
