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Revolutionary War
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Ratification of the United States Constitution
On September 17 the delegates of the constitutional convention finally finished the constition but before it could become the nation law. So on September 28th the congress directed the state legislatures to have ratification convention in each state. They had to have 9 out of the 12 states agree with the constitution. -
Lousiana purchase
When Spain closed New Crealans to Americans they were outraged. Angry farmers and westerners were so upset they wanted a war for both Spain and France. However to aviod this president Thomas Jefferson decided to try and buy New Orleans from France. France offtered to sell the entire louisiana territory. However Thomas Jefferson was worried because it was unconstituional but it bettered the nation so he went ahead and bought it.(american history mcdougal littell) -
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Lewis and Clark exploration
Captin Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark were hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory. Out of the brave group of men only one perished during the journey. They faced alot of hardships. The exploration gave the United states the first accurated map of the Louisiana Territtory and found over 200 newly discovered specices of both plant and animals for english science. They also made peace with some of the Native american tribes. ( McDougal Littel Ameican Histroy) -
War with mexico
Americans wanted more land however theses lands were popluated by mexicans and native americans. The United States worried this land would be claimed by someone else. So after alot of fighting with Mexico then on april 27th, 1846 war broke out with the U.S. and Mexico. Then in september 1847 the United states won Mexico. ( McDougal Littell American History) -
gold rush
Peopl raced from all over the nation and all over the world flooding Californa. Just so they could better their lives and hopefully make alot of money. People would become violent all they wanted was the gold. At the end of the massive gold rush craze in 1851 many people had lost it all but some people had struck it rich. then californa had enought people to become a state. -
the fugitive slave act
the fugitive slave act was a law that was put into place in the south in 1850 that allowed slave owners to take back ther run away slaves.This act allowed slave owners and slave capturers to go to the north and take free african americans. This helped fuel the fire to the abolitionaist movement. (American history-McDougal Littell) -
uncle toms cabin
uncle toms cabin was a story telling of the true horrors that slaves had to face. Such as being beaten or being sold. The author Harriet Beecher Stowe who was an active abolitionist wanted everyone to see how terriable slavery was. (American history-McDougal Littell) -
bleeding kansas
durning the time in 1855 when kansas was about to become a state it had populare soverntiy which let the people that lived in that state decied if they wanted to have a slave state or a free state. In kansas there were more people for slavery living there and people came from missiori that were for slavery and illigally voted thid started a war in kansas because of all the violent outbreaks from peolple. This civial war iin kanasa lasted three years. (American history-McDougal Littell) -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The night of April 14 the Abraham Lincoln and his wife went to the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. The north has just won the civil war and many people are not happy with Lincoln. Then around 10 pm Lincoln was shot in the head by 26-year-old John Wilkes Booth four others were injured. -
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
The stock market crashed due to high prices. This however didn't led to the great depression of 1929-1940. The crash of 29 was well anticipated by many people. Many things led up to the crash everything from the weak banking system to the private investments. -
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World War II
The war started when hitler took over germany and started killing all of the jews in the ened ther was 50 million to 85 million deaths. This made World War II the deadliest war in human history. the U.S interfeared when the saftey of the nation was threatend, -
Japans attack on pearl harbor
The entire goal that the Japanizes had was to take out the U.S.As aircraft carriers capital ships and battleships. The attack lead to the Americas entry into world war 2. In the end nine ships sank 21 damaged and three unrepair\ over 2,350 people died and 1,177 more were injured. the Japanese thought they could take over the pacific islands but we however didn’t give up -
The dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
When president Harry S. Truman was in charge the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki two large cities in Japan. This then made the Japanese surrender so they would not attack U.S. mainland during world war two. The bomb in total killed over 135,000 people. Many people question Truman’s decision to bomb the Japanese. -
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Vietnam War
In the beging of the vietnam war it was undeclaired but then on August 7, 1964 the war was offically declaired. In the end of the war there was 1,573,193 dead and mulituply others wounded. The entire cause on the war was to stop communism from spreading from North Vietnam to South Vietnam. -
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Korean War
This was part of the cold war. This was a war between the republic of korea and north korea because of a political division of Korea. The war was at the end of the Pacific War and at the end of World War II. -
The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the youngest person ever elected to office. He was reluctant to sign the civil rights movement bill for he didn’t want to upset democrats and republicans. He was later assassinated. -
The First Appearance of Spider-Man in Comics
Spider-man’s first appearance in action comics is first place for the most expensive comic in the world selling in 2010 for 1.5 million dollars. -
The March on Washington
Various people made speeches while standing in Washington demanding full civil rights for African Americans. The event was a big success that had over 250,000 people show up. Some of the speakers that day was Martin Luther King Jr. 15 future senators and many other people. The march was the beginning of a brighter future for African Americans. -
The First Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was sworn in to be the 40th president for his first term. -
The Explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle
When the space shuttle Challenger exploded after a failure of the O-rings that hold the ship together nine miles above Florida. 73 seconds after the challenger blasted of it exploded into a fire ball then plummeted back down to earth. This tragedy killed all seven crew members. After this terrible tragedy they stopped all space shuttle launches for 2 and a half years so this wouldn't repeat itself. -
My Birthday!!!!!!!!
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9/11
The 102 minuets that changed everything. On the morning of nine eleven people filed into the world trade centers and the twin towers when the north and south towers were struck killing thousands. This terrorists attack also struck the pentagon. -
the first inaguration of Barrack Obama
On January 20th 2009 at the united states capitol Washington dc there was record attendance to watch our 44th president barrack Obama be sworn in for his first term -
knee surgery
The day i fell on a sewing needle and it went under my knee cap. Then went to get an ex-ray when they discorvered the needle. When i woke up from surgery i had an alergic reaction to the aneissesia so they gave me laughing gas. Then i ended up say any thing an every thing that came to mind and offened alot of people. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive slave act said that if a black man is accuesed of being a slave then southern slave collectors could come and take them back.
