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Sand Creek Massacre
On the morning of November 29, a group called the Colorado Volunteers surrounded Sand Creek. In hope of defusing the situation, Black Kettle raised an American flag as a sign of friendship. The Volunteers' commander, COLONEL JOHN CHIVINGTON, ignored the gesture. "Kill and scalp all, big and little," he told his troops. With that, the regiment descended upon the village, killing about 400 people, most of whom were women and children. -
The transcontinental railway was completed
The transcontinental railway was completed with a jubilant celebration on May 10, 1869, when the rails connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads were joined at Promontory, Utah. -
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US History 1877-2011
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Nativists lobbied successfully to restrict the flow of immigration. In 1882, Congress passed the CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT, barring this ethnic group in its entirety. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
On the morning of December 29, 1890, the army demanded the surrender of all Sioux weapons. The local chief, BIG FOOT, was shot in cold blood. Others were cut down as they tried to run away. When the smoke cleared almost all of the 300 men, women, and children were dead. Some died instantly, others froze to death in the snow. nearly 400 years after Christopher Columbus first contacted the first Americans. The 1890 United States census declared the frontier officially closed. -
World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as the "War to End All Wars",[6] more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.[7][8] -
Treaty of Versailles
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand got dead and World War 1 broke out, it was ended with the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which directly led to World War I. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I signed separate treaties. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Bombs rained on PEARL HARBOR on the infamous morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, almost 3,000 Americans were killed. Six battleships were destroyed or rendered unseaworthy, and most of the ground planes were ravaged as well. Americans reacted with surprise and anger. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II -
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The Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on June 25 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border -
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Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1955 - April 1975 -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement. -
The World Becomes Wired
In the early 1990s, the WORLD WIDE WEB was developed. ELECTRONIC MAIL, or EMAIL, was a convenient way to send a message to associates or friends. In the early days, the Internet was used mainly by scientists to communicate with other scientists. The Internet remained under government control until 1984. -
Operation Desert Storm
The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ended economic barriers with Canada and Mexico and promised even more prosperity.
