Abraham Lincoln was running for President with Anti- Slavery Campaign at this time. The republican candidate then became president on the 4th of March, 1861.
Civil War began between the Union and the Confederacy over the abolition of slavery
Throughout the four years, proclamation was passed, freeing the slaves in confederate states.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while viewing a play in Ford 's Theater. Andrew Johnson then took over. Then in Dec, slavery was prohibited through the Thirteenth Amendment.
The Civil Rights Act is legalised, the first law regrading the rights for African- Americans.
In December, the KKK made many attempts to discourage the African-Americans from voting
Fpr $7.2 million, the USA buys Alaska off Russia. The want for this land originated from the fact that it would increase the size of the U.S. by nearly 20%. The Prohibition National Committee is formed. Civil War General, Ulysses.S Grant, is elected at president after president Johnson was questioned by the House of Representavies. Fourteenth Amendmentto is legalised, clarifying citizenship Enforcement Acts- the government banned the use of terror or bribery to stop people from voting (race related). Next change was the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution Chicago Fire happens, kills 300 and leaves 190,000 homeless. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Ku Klux Klan Act enable action to be taken against white supermacy groups. Red River Indian War was launched by the Army to remove the Native American tribes from the Southern Plains and forcibly relocate them to Indian Territory.Battle of Little Big Horn was the defeat of American reigment, where 5 out of 7 were annihlated by Indian Tribes- Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho. The U.S …show more content…
The United Mine Workers Union strike succesfully led to an 8-hour work day
The Klondike Gold Rush begins
The Spanish-American War begins after the USS Maine is blown up in Havana. The wae ends when the Treaty of Paris is signed, causing SPain to give up control of Cuba- now independent
The population manages to gorw to 75 million after immigration and child brith increase. The next major disaster, Galveston Hurricane, leaves 6,000 to 8,000 dead
The President, Willia Mckinely is assinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchrist. Theodore Roosevel takes over. For the first time, the U. S stock market crashes.
The Oxnord Strike was the first action that represented both races. The Panama Canal was under the U.S control after the build. The Wright Brothers make the first controlled heavier than air flight .
Race riots in Atlanta, results in 27 killed. The Prime Minister negotiates the Treaty of Portsmouth for the Russo-Japanese War and recieves a Nobel Peace Prize.
Japanese immigration to the U.S.A. is restricted under the Gentlemen 's Agreement of …show more content…
William Taft becomes President. Before this, the U.S troops finally leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish–American War
Woodrow Wilson becomes President. The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is passed leading to direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote.
The first women was elected to be a U.S congress, Jeannette Rankin
The Virgin Islands was purchased by the U.S for $25 million The Mexican Revolution after U.S troops enter.
USA enters World War One
A labor dispute ignites a race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois, which leaves 250 dead
9 members of thePolice are killed by a bomb, the most fatal event in U.S. police
Civil War began between the Union and the Confederacy over the abolition of slavery
Throughout the four years, proclamation was passed, freeing the slaves in confederate states.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while viewing a play in Ford 's Theater. Andrew Johnson then took over. Then in Dec, slavery was prohibited through the Thirteenth Amendment.
The Civil Rights Act is legalised, the first law regrading the rights for African- Americans.
In December, the KKK made many attempts to discourage the African-Americans from voting
Fpr $7.2 million, the USA buys Alaska off Russia. The want for this land originated from the fact that it would increase the size of the U.S. by nearly 20%. The Prohibition National Committee is formed. Civil War General, Ulysses.S Grant, is elected at president after president Johnson was questioned by the House of Representavies. Fourteenth Amendmentto is legalised, clarifying citizenship Enforcement Acts- the government banned the use of terror or bribery to stop people from voting (race related). Next change was the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution Chicago Fire happens, kills 300 and leaves 190,000 homeless. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Ku Klux Klan Act enable action to be taken against white supermacy groups. Red River Indian War was launched by the Army to remove the Native American tribes from the Southern Plains and forcibly relocate them to Indian Territory.Battle of Little Big Horn was the defeat of American reigment, where 5 out of 7 were annihlated by Indian Tribes- Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho. The U.S …show more content…
The United Mine Workers Union strike succesfully led to an 8-hour work day
The Klondike Gold Rush begins
The Spanish-American War begins after the USS Maine is blown up in Havana. The wae ends when the Treaty of Paris is signed, causing SPain to give up control of Cuba- now independent
The population manages to gorw to 75 million after immigration and child brith increase. The next major disaster, Galveston Hurricane, leaves 6,000 to 8,000 dead
The President, Willia Mckinely is assinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchrist. Theodore Roosevel takes over. For the first time, the U. S stock market crashes.
The Oxnord Strike was the first action that represented both races. The Panama Canal was under the U.S control after the build. The Wright Brothers make the first controlled heavier than air flight .
Race riots in Atlanta, results in 27 killed. The Prime Minister negotiates the Treaty of Portsmouth for the Russo-Japanese War and recieves a Nobel Peace Prize.
Japanese immigration to the U.S.A. is restricted under the Gentlemen 's Agreement of …show more content…
William Taft becomes President. Before this, the U.S troops finally leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish–American War
Woodrow Wilson becomes President. The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is passed leading to direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote.
The first women was elected to be a U.S congress, Jeannette Rankin
The Virgin Islands was purchased by the U.S for $25 million The Mexican Revolution after U.S troops enter.
USA enters World War One
A labor dispute ignites a race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois, which leaves 250 dead
9 members of thePolice are killed by a bomb, the most fatal event in U.S. police