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Start of the Industrial Revolution
The start of the Industrial was in 1790. There was not an exact date when it began but early to mid 1790 is and the time it did. dmpsushistory.wikispaces.com -
Immigration in the U.S.
Immigration in the U.S. started in the mid to late 1800s. cuwhist.wordpress.com -
End of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution ended in 1870. cuwhist.wordpress.com -
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U.S. History
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Americanization
Americanization is the influence the United States has on the culture of other countries, such as their popular culture, cuisine, technology, business practices, or political techniques. The term has been used since at least 1907. Within the United States, the term Americanization refers to the process of acculturation by immigrants or annexated populations to American customs and values. http://globalmediastudies.blogspot.com/2010/04/global-media.html -
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
On June 28 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip. http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/53/5394/BANJG00Z/posters/clive-uptton-the-assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand.jpg -
Start of World War 1
World War 1 was a global war centred in Europe. someinterestingfacts.net -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. http://uptownmagazine.com/files/2012/04/HarlemRenaissance2.jpg -
End of World War 1
The end of the firt World War. footnotables.blogspot.com -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June 28 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Treaty_of_Versailles_Signing%2C_Hall_of_Mirrors.jpg -
American Imperialism
American imperialism is the economic, military, and cultural influence of the United States on other countries. This occured mostly from 1890 to 1920. glogster.com -
Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout. The crash signalled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries. http://cf067b.medialib.glogster.com/media/2c/2cee888253a13e25fef740e65395f532c5b9ca6c167de5f342a9d -
Start of World War II
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland under the false pretext that the Poles had carried out a series of sabotage operations against German targets.Subsequently, two days later on 3 September, France and United Kingdom declared war on Germany. http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Pictures/wwII%20photos/WWII_2.jpg -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. http://www.sflistteamhouse.com/Misc/Pearl%20Harbor/origin14.jpg -
Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (née Braun) committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide. That afternoon, in accordance with Hitler's prior instructions, their remains were carried up the stairs through the bunker's emergency exit, doused in petrol, and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker. http://kickscar.tumblr.com/post/25963325757/unhistorical-april-30-1945-adolf-hitler -
End of World War II
With the death of Hitler, the red army had nobody to turn to. The red army surrendered on May 2, 1945. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/V-J-Day-WWII---This-Day-in-History--8-15-45-.html?soid=1011336095069&aid=VWwMhEmKlVM -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between South Korea and North Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World War II and from the global tensions of the Cold War that developed immediately afterwards. http://www.archives.gov/research/military/korean-war/ -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1, 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. http://vandyradio.com/the-soundtrack-of-rebellion-music-and-the-vietnam-war/ -
I Have a Dream Speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. http://chipsifraternity.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/i-have-a-dream/ -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.[6] It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. http://sheg.stanford.edu/civil-rights-act-1964 -
Reagan Assassination Attempt
The attempted assassination of the USA president Ronald Reagan occurred on Monday, March 30, 1981, 69 days into his presidency. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=42198 -
Globalization
Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, including the rise of the telegraph and its posterity the Internet, are major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities. http://www.policycounsel.org/the-secret-of-globalization/ -
Clinton Becomes President
Sworn in as 42nd president of the United States after defeating President George H.W. Bush and independent Ross Perot. Clinton got 43.01% of the popular vote and 68.8% of the electoral vote. http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/552262
