U.S. History 1860 to present

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  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    A great part of American Civil War
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    Andrew Johnson becomes president
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    Rights of U.S. citizens should not be denied on account of race or color
  • Enforcement Act or Force Act

    Enforcement Act or Force Act
    Also known as Civil rights Act
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    It was signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882 prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
  • Gospel of Wealth

    Gospel of Wealth
    Article written by Andrew Carnegie in June 1889
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association

    National American Woman Suffrage Association
    It payed a vital role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment which guaranteed women's right to vote in 1920
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    A negotiation between U.S and Great Britain which ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
    He became the president upon the assassination and death of President William McKinley
  • Ford Motor Company

    Ford Motor Company
    Ford Motor Company was formed
  • The U.S. enters World War I

    The U.S. enters World War I
    Were allies with Britain, France, and Russia
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    This was end of the World War I
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    It provides men and women with equal voting rights.
  • Immigration Act

    Immigration Act
  • Beginning of The Great Depression

    Beginning of The Great Depression
  • Franklin D Roosevelt elected as President

    Franklin D Roosevelt elected as President
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Elvis Presley

    Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957
  • John F. Kennedy becomes President

    John F. Kennedy becomes President
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal
    Five men were arrested for the burglary of Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex.
  • Jimmy Carter became President

    Jimmy Carter became President
  • U.S. boycotts Summer Olympics In Moscow

    U.S. boycotts Summer Olympics In Moscow
    To protest 1979 soviet invasion of Afghanistan
  • George H. W. Bush was inaugurated as President

    George H. W. Bush was inaugurated as President
  • The Cold War ends

    The Cold War ends
    It ends as the USSR dissolves
  • Bill Clinton becomes President

    Bill Clinton becomes President
    He defeats George H. W. Bush
  • George W. Bush was inaugurated as President

    George W. Bush was inaugurated as President
    He was the forty-third President of the United States
  • Barack Obama was elected as President

    Barack Obama was elected as President
    He was the first African-American to hold the office
  • Osama bin Laden was killed

    Osama bin Laden was killed
    Leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, was killed by U.S. Navy
  • Donald Trump was inaugurated as President

    Donald Trump was inaugurated as President
    He is the forty-fifth president of the United States