-
Civil War 12 Apr 1861
-abolished slavery
-redefinedthe United States as an individual nation rather than a collection of independent states. -
Indian War
-Between American Settlers and Natives -
First Railroad
-between Omaha and Sacramento -
Telephone invented
-By Alexander Grahm Bell -
Pullman Strike
-ARU against against Pullman company, main ralroads, and US federal governemtn -
First Car Invented
-Invented by Frank and Charles Duryea -
Spanish American War
-War between Spain and the United States
-America won -
Phillippene War
-Americans won
-War between American and Filipino revolutionaries -
First Plane Invented
-Invented by the Wright Brothers
-In North Carolina -
WWI
-4 years, 3 months, 1 week
-Ended November 11, 1918 -
TV was Introduced
John Logie Bairds -
Wall Street Crash/Great Depression
-unemployment
-poverty
-low profits
-delfation -
US Securities and Exchange Commission
-was established -
WW2
-Ended Septemeber 2, 1945
-6 years and 1 day -
Office of Price Administration
-established -
The Employment Act
-was signed into law -
The Mutual Security Act
-money to help out other countries -
Segregation Illegal
-Brown v Board of Education case results in all segregation laws overturned -
Equal Pay Act
-men and women to be paid equally -
Apple Inc
-Apple Inc introduced -
Motorola
-First cellular phone created -
Gulf War
-
9/11
-Twin Towers catch on fire
-Section of Pentagon collapses
-nearly 3,000 deaths -
War in Afghanistan
-Still going on today -
War in Iraq
-Bush chooses to invade after 9/11 occurance. -
The Great Recession
-contributed to global financial crisis
-food and oil prices rose -
Facebook IPO
-initial public offering
-peak maeket capitalization over $104 billion -
Beheading of journalist
-Isis releases beheading of US journalist -
iPhone 6
-released
-two sizes -
US carries out airstrikes
-United States carries out aristrikes against ISIS
