US History Timeline

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    Manifest Destiny

    US expansion through American continents = GOOD!!!
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo

    Texans fight and try and defend themselves against 5,000+ Mexican Soldiers
  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play at Ford's Theatre
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    Reconstruction

    Fixing the South following the civil war
  • 14th Amendment Passed

    14th Amendment Passed

    Citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US
  • 15th Amendment Passed

    15th Amendment Passed

    African American men get the right to vote
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    Custer is defeated by an army of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone

    Bell succeeds at transmitting first human voice
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    Gilded Age

    Rich men, rich men, rich men!!! Time of extreme rapid economic growth in the US.
  • Panama Canal built

    Panama Canal built

    Lock-type canal that saves time and money for shippers
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    Breaking up of tribal lands
  • Wounded Knee Creek Massacre

    Wounded Knee Creek Massacre

    The United States killed the Lakota people
  • Carnegie Steel founded

    Carnegie Steel founded

    Monopoly in the steel industry
  • Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    We overthrew Queen Liliuokalani because of IMPERIALISM. We wanted our money!!!
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    US Imperialism

    America takes over lots of countries!!!
  • Plessy VS Ferguson

    Plessy VS Ferguson

    The Supreme Court ruled "separate but equal." It upheld the constitutionality of segregation laws.
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    Progressivism

    Goal was to fix societal problems
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    We declared Cuba free and Spain got mad so they wanted to FIGHT US!!
  • Annexing of Hawaii

    Annexing of Hawaii

    The United States annexed Hawaii in fear of them joining France or Great Britain instead of them. They also annexed them because they knew Hawaii was important for shipping and defense purposes.
  • Teddy Roosevelt as President

    Teddy Roosevelt as President

    Roosevelt is in office from 1901-1909
  • The Jungle published

    The Jungle published

    Exposed the meatpacking plants
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    The deadliest industrial fires in Manhattan, NYC, caused by poor working conditions
  • Trust Busting/Breaking of Standard Oil

    Trust Busting/Breaking of Standard Oil

    Supreme Court ruled to break up Standard Oil for it was said to be a monopoly
  • Keating Owen Child Labor Act

    Keating Owen Child Labor Act

    Stop sale of items in factories that have employed children under the age of 14
  • 19th Amendment Passed

    19th Amendment Passed

    Women get the right to vote
  • Prohibition protests

    Prohibition protests

    "WE WANT BEER"