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Appomattox
Appomattox was a series of battles from March 29 through April 9, 1865. The battles caused the Confederates and General Lee to surrender at the Appomattox court house. -
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The Reconstruction
The Reconstruction Era followed after the Civil War. The Reconstruction caused the Confedrate soldiers to go back to the U.S Army. The Reconstruction also helped to free all the slaves throughout the county. -
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution caused many advances in technology. Such as swiching from a horse powered machinery to steam powered manufacturing. The Industrial Revolution also helped to create textile mills and larger factories. -
The Spanish American War
A conflict between the United States and the Spanish because of Spain's Pacific possesions and the rule over Cuba. The battles were located in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam. The war ended August 12, 1998 causing the collapse of Spain's empire. -
Creation of the Panama Canal
First a project created by the French that failed because of the French's fund going bankrupt. Then the project went over to the Americans and John Frank Stevens became the manager of the project. It was finished on August 15, 1914. The Canal serves as a passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. -
America's Involvement in World War One
At the begining of the war, America stayed neutral. Until Apil 6, 1917 where they entered in the war to expand the U.S goverment, help the war effort, and increase the size of the military. The impact of the U.S forces helped on he battlefields of France in the spring of 1918. Then the war ended on November 11, 1918. -
Prohibition/Roaring 20's
Prohibition was a ban on the imports and sale of alcohol. The ban was written in the 18th Amendment. Then on April 7, 1933 they repealed the amendment. Ther Roaring 20's was an era that had a cultural edge such as having fashion, cinema, and dance. -
The Great Depression and the New Deal
The Great Depression was a severe drop in the World's economy. It caused people losing jobs and crop prices fell tremendously. The New Deal was a program in response of the Great Depression. The program was passed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The program relieved the poor, recovered the economy, and reformed the finacial issues. -
Pearl Harbor
A suprise military attack by the Japanese Navy on the U.S Navy in Hawaii. The attack by the Japanese caused the U.S to go to war with Japan. -
America's Involvment in World War Two
The Americans went into World War Two on December 8, 1941 due to the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The Americans went to war with Germany, Italy, and Japan. America's impact help to defeat Japan with a series of battles and two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. America also helped the allys by defeating the Germans. The war ended on September 2, 1945. -
The Cold War
A nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States because of military and economic tensions. The Cold War impacted many events such as the Berlin Blokade,the Korean War,the Cuban missile crisis, and the Vietnam War -
The Korean War
A war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The North Koreans invaded South Korea due to tensions between each other. The U.S went to Korea to stop North Korea of invading the south to end the act of communism. Three years later, the war ended July 27, 1953 -
The Vietnam War
The war was first fought between North Vietnam which was supported by communist countries and South Vietnam. The U.S helped fight with South Vietnam to defeat the Viet Cong army and the act of communism. The war ended April 30, 1975 at the Fall of Saigon. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
As depression swept the island because of the American Market. America made the decision to annex Hawaii in 1890. Then came the approval of the Admission of Hawaii Act causing Hawaii to become the fiftieth state. -
The Gulf War
A fight between the U.S and Iraq because of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The war ended February 28, 1991 because of an aerial attack on January 17,1991 causing the Iraqi troop to move out of Kuwait -
September 11,2001
A terrorist attack planned by an Islamic terroist group named al-Qaeda. The suicide attacks were caused by hijacked airplanes. The first two hit the World Trade Center in New York. The third hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The fourth was targeted at D.C but crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylania. -
Operation Enduring Freedom
A war between America and Afghanistan on the Global War on Terror. The war was caused by the terrorist attacks on September 9, 2001. The operation had several smaller operations in Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa, Pankisi Gorge, Trans Sahara, and Caribbean/Centeral America. -
Invasion of Iraq
An invasion that lasted form March 19, 2003 to May 1, 2003 that started the Iraq war. The consisted troops from the U.S, United Kingdom, Poland, and Australia. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Operation started the Iraq war which was fought between the United States and Iraq. The war was caused by terrorism and Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
