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1919 BCE
Treaty of Versailles
Was a peace conference in Paris. it set Germany responsibility for the war, required Germany to pay reparations to the Allied countries. -
1919 BCE
US rejects League of Nations
The League of Nations was a international organization to promote international peace and security between nations. But is was rejected by the congress -
1918 BCE
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A peace treaty signed by Russia and the central powers, it stated that Russia was out of World War I. -
1917 BCE
Zimmerman note/telegram
Was a secret coded telegram note that germany sent to mexico proposing that if US entered to the war, they should become allies, and it also helped influenced US to declare war to Germany. -
1915 BCE
Sinking of The Lusitania
A british ocean liner (ship) who was sinked by a U-boat, so it influenced US decision to enter the WWI. -
1914 BCE
Ludlow Massacre
An attack by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company to families including children that were a hidden in a hole to protect themselves. -
1914 BCE
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
He was with his wife and a terrorist fired several shots at his car. It made different reactions that led to war because Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia later. -
1911 BCE
Triangle shirt Factory
Womens in a factory were demanding higher waves and better working conditions, and2 years later a fire tragedy happened, the doors to the factory were locked so people couldn't escape. 146 workers died in the fire. -
1903 BCE
Panamanian Independence
Panama declares independence from colombia, to finishing the construction of the canal, it made easier the transporation of goods. -
1901 BCE
Platt Amendment
Provision that Cuba added to to its constitution to protect American interests. -
1899 BCE
White Man’s Burden
A poem about the Philippine–American War, written by Rudyard Kipling. It says that white people had the resposability to colonize over the "inferior race". -
1898 BCE
Annexation of Hawaii
US took power over Hawaii without a referendum -
1898 BCE
USS Maine explodes
A anonymous explosion sinks the USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor. -
1898 BCE
Philippines becomes a US Colony
US took Philippines as its first colony after helping Emilio Aguinaldo to free it. -
1892 BCE
Homestead Strike
Workers' strike broken by the state militia and resulted in the shut out of the plant for 4 decades. -
1890 BCE
How the Other Half Lives
A publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, which show people how were the living conditions of immigrants in New York. -
1889 BCE
Hull House
A settlement house for immigrants founded by by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates. -
1885 BCE
Rock Springs Massacre
A riot, between white and Chinese immigrant miners because they were hiring more chinese people than white so they started to kill them. -
1883 BCE
New Colossus
A poem written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 to raise money for the construction of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. -
1882 BCE
Chinese Exclusion
An act that decline chinese people to immigrate to US. -
1867 BCE
Alaska Purchase
The United States acquired Alaska from the Russian Empire. -
1859 BCE
First oil well
oil replaced steam power. -
1855 BCE
Bessemer Process
A process of producing steel to make steel stronger and cheaper. -
1850 BCE
Potato Famine
A period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland. -
1850 BCE
Karl Marx/Comm Manifesto
Talks about marx and Engels theories about the nature of society and politics -
Period: 1850 BCE to 1920 BCE
US History