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The Gold Rush Begins
The Gold Rush begins when gold is discovered in California, causing many people to attempt to get gold for themselves, and in some cases harming the natives of the area -
Civil War (1861-1865)
The Civil War was between the United States north and 11 southern states begins as Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked -
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The Molly Maguires
In protest of poor working conditions, low pay, and poor quality of life, many violent protests and strikes take place as a result of the conditions of the Industrial Revolution -
The Passage of the Homestead Act (1862)
The Homestead act provided Americans with the means to explore westward, and establish new lives in the west -
Abraham Lincoln and the Ten Percent Plan
Abraham Lincoln enacts the Ten Percent Plan, which allows the defeated southern states to rejoin the Union if, along with other conditions, 10 percent agree to fully surrender and not rebel against the Union -
The Passage of the 14th and 15th Amendment
The 14th Amendment guaranteed all people, born or naturalized in the United States citizenship, and protected under it's laws. Reconstruction also saw the passage of the 15th amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote -
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial revolution, despite lasting for over 100 years, begins to ramp up as urbanization continues and the struggles that come with it -
The Compromise of 1877 (1877)
The contested election of 1876 leads to a compromise that allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to win the contested election, in trade for the end of reconstruction in the South after the civil war -
The United States Enters World War 1 (1917)
The United States enters World War 1 after a number of civilian and military deaths by unprovoked and unrestricted submarine warfare as well as a few other factors -
The End of World War 1
World War 1 comes to an end, as the Allies defeated the central powers. America played a big role in the victory and how it would go to play out -
Prohibition- the 18th Amendment (1919)
Prohibition begins in the United States with the passage of the 18th Amendment, transforming society as it entered the Roaring 20's -
Women Gain the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment is passed and women gain the right to vote -
Black Tuesday and the Great Depression (1929)
The stock markets crash, and businesses fail as people lose their hard earned money. America, and the rest of the world, fall into a depression -
The New Deal (1933-1938)
President Franklin D Roosevelt enacts the New Deal, designed to help struggling Americans during the great depression. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
"A Day That Will Live in Infamy" Japan attacks Pearl Harbor thrusting the US into World War 2 -
Containment of Communism and the Cold War
The US adopts the policy of containment to stop the spread of communism and support other countries fights against communism -
The Korean War (1950)
The Korean war begins, as North Korea attempts to spread communism to South Korea, spawning a proxy war between capitalist America and the communist Soviet Union -
John F Kennedy Assassinated (1963)
President John F Kennedy is assassinated in November of 1963 -
Civil Rights Act passed (1964)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed ending segregation in the United States -
Richard Nixon and Watergate
President Nixon is impeached and resigns amid allegations stemming from him conspiring to steal information at the Democratic National Commitee Headquarters