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Jamestown
Who: English Settlers What: The first permanent English Settlement Where: North America -
Period: to
French and Indian War
Who: George Washington, France, Native Americans
What: George Washington allying with France to fight off the Native Americans
Where: North America -
Lexington & Concord
Who: Britain Vs. America
What: An American plan to trick the British into thinking that there were weapons hidden at Lexington, then finding nothing at Lexington the British march back to Concord where the Patriots ambush them.
Where: Lexington & Concord -
Period: to
War of 1812
Who: United States vs. United Kingdom
What: A war that was caused by the British attempting to restrict trade in the US
Where: D.C & Canada -
Period: to
Andrew Jackson
Who: He was the 7th President of the United States
What: He created the Spoils System, where he would only hire friends and people that agreed with his ideas. He also went against the Supreme Court and marched Native Americans 800 miles called the trail of tears.
Where: USA -
Gettysburg Address
Who: Abraham Lincoln
What: A speech was given after the war to honor the soldiers that had fallen during combat.
Where: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
Meat Inspection Act
Who: Theodore Roosevelt
What: After he read "The Jungle" he decided to pass the meat inspection act
Where: Chicago
How it changed US: After creating the Meat Inspection Act the meatpacking services aren't allowed to sell meat that has been altered to meet the grade that it doesn't deserve. Upton Sinclair wrote about the horrors that went on in Chicago when he decided to visit a packing industry and published the book "The Jungle" exposing their methods to the Nation. -
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Treaty of Versailles
Who: Germany, US, England, France, Austria-Hungary
What: It created harsh punishments for Germany
Where: France
The course of HIstory: By implanting the treaty on Germany it caused resentment and hatred to rise. People who were prospering during their Great Depression, Jews, were prosecuted which allowed Adolf Hitler to rise to power and create the Final Solution to kill over 6 million innocent people. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Who: Japan & the United States
What: The US attempt to avoid interference from the Japanese anymore.
Where: Hiroshima & Nagasaki -
Period: to
Berlin Airlift
Who: United States
What: Soviet Union's attempt to blockade West Berlin from roads, canal, and railroads. Cutting off all motives of everyday living.
Where: West Germany occupied by a democratic government -
Period: to
Space Race
Who: The Soviet Union vs. America
What: A unspoken competition on who could make it into space 1st before the other.
Where: NASA -
Period: to
Bus Boycott
Who: Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr.
What: African Americans deciding not o ride the bus until they received equal rights
Where: Mongomery, Alabama
