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Thomas Alva Edison Creates The Phonograph
Thomas Alva Edison, the inventorial genius created the phonograph, in 1877 at Menlo Park, Washington D.C. The phonograph was a monumental invention as it allowed ordinary citizens to listen to music in their homes without having to go out, and it paved the way for many more inventions to be created in the future.
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US History: VHS Summer: Diyath Kularatne
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19th President of The United States
On March 4th 1877, Rutherford B Hayes was inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States. He oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882 the United States congress passed an exclusion act barring Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. 25 years later, Japanese immigrants were also barred from entering the United States. This was the first major move made by the United States to prevent immigrants from entering the United States. Chinese Exclusion Act -
The American Federation of Labor
In 1886 the American Federation of Labor was formed which consisted of many smaller craft unions in the United States. The federation grew vastly in stature however and became the preeminent national labor organization until the Great Depression. The American Federation of Labor -
Annexation of Hawaii
In 1898 due to the war with the Spanish breaking out, President William McKinley signed a joint resolution annexing the islands of Hawaii. Annexation of Hawaii -
The Panama Canal
A method of transport from the Atlantic to the Pacific by naval squadrons was required, so President Teddy Roosevelt decided to build the Panama Canal to provide a new route for naval squadrons. Panama Canal -
America Enters The Great War
America used ignorance as a policy and during the first world war thought that being a neutral factor would benefit them the most. However after they realized that trade would be impossible if the war kept going, they stepped in after 2 and a half years of isolation and helped the allies win. America Enters The Great War -
President Woodrow Wilson's Plan
President Woodrow Wilson presented a 14 point plan to maintain world peace to many of the world leaders. The world leaders believed that it was a good idea with some flaws and therefore created a compromise, the league of nations which they invited the United States of America to join, but President Wilson declined. The League of Nations -
The Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash of 1929 is widely considered the event which triggered the Great Depression. The Great Depression was the longest and deepest economic crisis in the history of the United States. The Great Depression -
The New Deal
Following the fallout of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt approved plans to help the unemployed and started housing initiatives to help Americans. The NEW DEAL sparked a revolution in American public thought regarding the relationship between the people and the federal government. The New Deal -
Pearl Harbor
On December 12th 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, America’s main Pacific Ocean naval base. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto hoped to damage the American fleet severely enough to allow Japan to consolidate her territorial conquests, then negotiate a peace treaty with the United States. However, all this attack did was result in America declaring war against Japan and therefore joining World War II. Pearl Harbor -
D-Day
The D-Day invasion was the landing operations of the Allied forces as part of Operation Overlord in World War II. The landings began on June 6, 1944, and they marked the beginning of the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe from Nazi control.D-Day -
The United Nations
The United Nations was formed on October 24th 1945. It was created to establish world peace as well as form an international group which solved conflicts peacefully to prevent a World War III from occurring. It started with 51 member states and now has 193 member states. The United Nations -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a war between the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, who were backed by the United States. This was the second longest war in the history of the United States as it lasted 21 years. It was historic because the United States failed what they set out to do and were forced to withdraw their soldiers. The Vietnam War -
I Have A Dream...
"I Have A Dream" was a speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963. A call for equality and freedom, it soon became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history. I Have A Dream -
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was a defining moment in the feminist civil movement. It was a legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (7–2) that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. Roe v. Wade -
Election of Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan was one of the United States' most influential President's. He was elected in 1981 and vastly helped stabilize the United States' economy. He also was influential in maintaining ties with the Soviet Union during the Cold War and he helped massively in the journey to the end of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan -
Creation of the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The basic idea of the WWW was to merge the evolving technologies of computers, data networks and hypertext into a powerful and easy to use global information system. World Wide Web -
Election of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States who oversaw the country’s longest peacetime economic expansion. In 1998 he became the second U.S. president to be impeached; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. Bill Clinton -
Impeachment of President Clinton
A political sex scandal involving 49-year-old US President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky took place in 1998. Their sexual relationship lasted between 1995 and 1997. The House decided that two articles of impeachment were in order, and in December 1998, Clinton joined Andrew Johnson as the only Presidents to be impeached.(Bill Clinton Impeachment)[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bill-Clinton]