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Civil war (Nebraska act)
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
Civil War ( Emancipation proclamation)
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. It frees all slaves in territory captured by the Union Army, and orders the enlistment of black soldiers. -
Civil War ( Military Draft)
Congress enacts the first draft in American history, requiring every man to serve in the army . -
Reconstruction( Black codes)
Southern legislatures begin drafting Black Codes to re-establish white supremacy. -
Reconstruction ( Ku Klux Klan Begins)
An organization primarily composed of Confederate Army veterans found the Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist group formed to intimidate blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities -
Reconstruction (Civil rights act)
Passed over Johnson's Veto , Grants freedmen rights to citizenships, overturning Black codes. -
Industrilization(Invention of the Telephone)
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone The telephone was developed while Bell was trying to improve the telegraph. -
Gilded Age (Cleveland Elected President)
Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James Blaine and is elected president of the United States. -
Industrialization(Invention of the automobile)
Karl Benz is credited with the invention of the modern automobile, several other German engineers worked on building automobiles at the same time. -
Gilden age (Haymerket Riot)
A rally in Chicago's Haymarket Square in support of striking workers from McCormick Harvester Works ends when a bomb is thrown, killing six policemen and wounding more than 60 others -
Gilded Age (Homestead steel strike)
A strike In U.S History that bitterly fought labor dispute, workers of steel and iron went on a protest . -
Imperialism ( Spanish american war )
The Spanish and american war happend between spain and the united states Because of american intervention . -
Imperialism (Platt Amendment)
In 1901 the platt amendment gave the U.S Military bases in cuba and the right to intervene in cuban affairs at any time,the amendment was passed in 1903 which was a treaty between the united states and cuba that attempted to protect cubas independence. -
Industrialization(First Airplane flight)
Orville and Wilbur Wright had their first successful flight. The craft soared to an altitude of 10 feet and traveled 120 feet. -
World War 1 (Lusitana Sinks)
A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans. -
World war 1 (U.S enters War)
Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain. -
World War 1 (Selective Service Act)
Congress passes the Selective Service Act authorizing the draft. -
Roaring 20's (18th a
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States. -
Roaring 20's ( 19th admement)
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote. -
Roaring 20's (Sacco And Vanzetti trial)
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial begins , immigrant Italian radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of murder and executed. -
World War 2 (Hitler chancellor)
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, as chancellor of Germany. -
Great Depression ( Roosevelt Inagurated)
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated into office as 32nd President of the United States. -
Great Depression ( Huey long assination )
Huey Long is assassinated inside the Louisiana Capitol Building -
World War 2 ( Neutrality act )
The neutrality act of 1937 allowed americans to sell non military goods to countries at war on a cash and carry basis. -
World War 2 (Germany invades Soviet Union)
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. -
Great Depression ( Pearl harbor Attack)
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor draws United States into World War II. -
Cold War (Roosevelt Dies)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt suddenly suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and dies, leaving his vice president, Harry Truman, to assume the presidency. -
Vietnam War (Hiroshima)
The United States drops an atomic bomb the first to be used in warfare on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000. -
Cold War (Hiroshima)
The American bomber Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Cold War ( Nagasaki)
The American plane Bockscar drops an atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. -
Vietnam War ( Kennedy Elected)
Democrat John F. Kennedy defeats Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon to become the 35th president of the United States. -
Vietnam War ( Kennedy's Assassination)
Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas in a presidential motorcade -
Civil rights movement(Black panthers Founded)
In Oakland, California, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, and David Hilliard found the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. -
Civil rights movement ( Martin Luther King Assassination)
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassin, James Earl Ray, pleads guilty and is sentenced to 99 years in prison. -
Civil Rights Movement (Robert Kennedy Assassination)
Just minutes after claiming victory in the California Democratic primary election, Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
