United States History Timeline Project

William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia to purchase Alaska form them for $ 7 million. many thought it was a pointless buy in that Alaska is so far away however it did pay off because they found oil and other resources.

in 1898 Congress voted to annex Hawaii and in 1893 we overthrew her queen

started by the explosion of the maine and many people blamed the Spanish and so It started this war this was where Roosevelt had his rough riders.

We made it so that China is open to trade

The Canal that cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key canal in Trade routes

a railroad constructed across the Western U.S. which went from the Pacific Coast at San Francisco Bay with the already built Eastern United states rail road in Iowa on the Missouri River

.The Union is restored
.Southern Economic rebuilding begins
.African Americans are granted citizenship and voting rights
.Freedman's Bureau helps African Americans get education, housing, and jobs
.Public school system in the south

Started by John D. Rockefeller, it was an oil Company which began to gain great success as he began to give oil to the already widely popular railroad trains and eventually more and more things used oil eventually the Car and so it stayed successful for decades until it was shut down after John D. Rockefeller was sued for having a monopolie.

Decisions of whether someone can vote or not will not be based on race. Basically allowing people of any race to vote.

Roosevelt's Administration plan which included:
Antiquities act: 1906 gave the president authority to restrict use of particular public land of America.
Hepburn Act: 1906 strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 were both brought about by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Which showed the disgusting environment in which meat workers had.

an American civil rights organization which fought for the rights of African Americans.

Wilson Shaped his ideas into this program which he called his "New Freedom" His plan looked muh like Roosevelt's New Nationalism. It would place strict government controls on corporations. Among other things.

establishes an income tax

Women gain Voting rights

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

Defines citizenship as people born in the US and prohibits the states from denying due process and equal protection under the law. Also states that the value of the debt must always be paid and honored, and cannot be questioned. Also excludes women from voting.

Prohibition

Literature and art express pride and aspirations of African Americans

Worlds first commercial Radio Station.

Henry Bessemer developed a process for purifying iron, resulting on strong, but lightweight, steel. American industries quickly adopted it and by 1890 United States was outproducing British steel manufacturers.

Ordered by Henry Frick, It was at Carnegie's Homestead Factory, Factory workers took over the factory and so he hired the Pinkerton to go and ask them to leave and when they didn't the Pinkerton's began attacking the protesting workers and it lead to the death of multiple workers

First car that was made available to the public by Henry Ford It was at a price which was primarily affordable by the public

A terrible factory fire in which the women working in the factory had no way to get out and so some jumped out of the window and sadly lead to the death of 146

One of the Peace Treaties at the end of World War 1 unfortunately it only left a setting for World War 2

The Nazi attempt to kill all jews under their control. They killed anyone who weren't consider Aryan.

It was formerly known as: the act to further promote the defense of the United States.
it was an act signed to help Britain and China and give them aid.
It was an act that formerly ended American neutrality

A day that will live in infamy for Americans was when the Japanese bombed American an assortment of cruisers and battleships in pearl harbor.

the internment of Japanese americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor

was the forcible transfer by the Japenese Army of 60-80,000 and American prisoners of war after the three- month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War 2.

When the American navy defeated the Japanese navy in a huge naval battle.

Normandy Landings 24,000 American, British and Canadian troops it consisted both of the beach and airborne landings.

was a major German surprise attack and it completely caught the Americans off guard, it became the costliest battle in terms of casualties for the US however it depleted Germany's warmaking resources and was their final offensive operation.

founded after World War 2 to replace the league of Nations

A public holiday celebrated to mark the day that the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and the end of the Third Riech thus ending the war in Europe

America dropped two Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

the day that the stock market crashed and really sent the country into the depression

a series of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian lands.

a series of thirty radio adresses given by FDR in 1933 threw 1944 and these speechs were widely listened to by americans.

FDR's policy for domestic economic programs.

In his adress for congress FDR said there were three major goals:
nation welfare (WPA), improved use of national resources, security against old age.

a legislative initiative by FDR to put more justices on the Supreme court.

Was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas along the countries borders mainly inhabited by German speakers.