# data[].attributes.body
Location- Fords Theater in Washington DC
Resource
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (ushistory.org)

April 11th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s theater, in Washington DC. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, sending the country through shock. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who believed in slavery and white supremacy and was infuriated about Lincoln’s thoughts upon the matters. Thus, event caused the United States to up security in the event of the president leaving the white house. Two weeks after the assassination John Wilkes Booth was fatally shot and killed. The assassination will later lead others to believe that one can accomplish such a horrendous goal. Leading to the assassination of James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), and John F. Kennedy (1963). Lincolns body was returned to his hometown of Springfield Illinois, by train. The following Civil Rights bill was established based on Lincolns plans for peace and hopes to build a community within the country.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Written in Illinois
Resource
Civil Rights Act of 1866 - Ballotpedia

Was the first federal law to define citizenship to make it illegal to deny citizenship based on race and/or color. Thus, bill was the first-time congress legislated over civil rights. The bill was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, but Senate voted 33-15 to override the veto. Jackson believed the bill gave African Americans power over whites. The bill was a huge movement toward the equality of people of all descents. It granted the ability to sue others and to own property.  While the bill did not grant access to voting rights, or hold public office, it led to the 15th amendment, ratified in February of 1870, granting the right to vote regardless of color. Andrew Johnson was the first president with a total of 29 vetoes and 15 of the 29 were overridden by congress. While Johnson was not the first president to veto a bill he was the fist president with the most amount of vetoes and vetoes overridden.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Meeting was held in Washington DC
Resource
Compromise of 1877 - Definition, Results & Significance - HISTORY

Disputed the 1876 election, congressmen agreed that the republican president Rutherford Hayes would become the next US president, but the south would remain in the power of the democrats. The bargain allows the south to be rid of US troops but allowed Hayes into office. The south agreed to “comply” with the freedoms of African Americans. Later enacting the Jim Crow laws. The bargain not only displays the ties between federal and state governments. The election caused bloodshed in the south, between both parties.

# data[].attributes.body
Founded in Columbus, Ohio.
Recourse- American Federation of Labor - Wikipedia
The American Federation of Labor was a national federation of labor unions. Labor Unions create a community to stand up for one another, strength in numbers. The union negotiates for their members. Statistically union workers get more holidays off, have higher, and job security. The union provided support in everyway possible for their members. The creation of the American Federation of Labor helped create job security to later create an economic boom in the manufacture world, such as Fordism.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Meeting was in Washington DC
Reference- The Dawes Act (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

The Dawes Act allowed the federal government to break up tribal land and assign it accordingly. Native Americans were required to enroll in an agency to see if they were allotted any land, if they were given land, it was not ideal for farming. Given the Native Americans were mostly gatherers and did not know how to run a farm many sold their land. They were underpaid for their land and did not understand the value of money and spent it fast. The goal of the Dawes Act was to integrate Native Americans into the Engish way of living. Thus, lead to less diversity and caused a disadvantage to Native Americans.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Signed into law in Washington, by President Grover Cleavland
References- Interstate Commerce Act (1887) | National Archives

Was a law signed to help create a government transportation system. During the Civil War, railroads were private and caused a lack of supplies to troops. The agency was designed to create a regulation of the railroads. The regulation would decrease discrimination, and the rates of transportation. The Interstate Commerce Commission also regulated bus lines and telephones. Not only did the ICC help set the guidelines for government regulated private businesses but set an example for equality.

# data[].attributes.headline
1898 United Sates annexed Hawaiian Islands 

# data[].attributes.subject
1898 United Sates annexed Hawaiian Islands 

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Decision made in Washington
Resource
The Annexation of Hawaii | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives

The United States Congress annexed the Hawaiian Islands to help naval strategies and for other business-related interests. The Hawaiian Islands helped the United States create a modern economy. Not only did it give room for manufactures but it helped exchange culture. The islands were full of plantations and helped the plantation owners become very wealthy.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Philippine Islands
Resource
Philippine-American War: Causes and Consequences (thoughtco.com)

After the Treaty of Paris was signed, it allowed the United States to buy the Philippine Islands. While the United States wanted to colonize the land, the Philippines had just fought independence from Spain and were not willing to give control over to another leader across the ocean, leading to the Philippine War. An estimated 6,000 Americans and 300,00 Filipinos died.  After the war ended in 1902, the United States stayed in control until Congress granted independence to the Philippines in 1916.

# data[].attributes.body
Locations Affected- The United States and Imports
Resource
The Pure Food and Drug Act | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives

After the publication of The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair exposing the disgusting conditions in which workers in the food industry worked, the government took notice after the book sold numerous copies. Legislation that would prevent “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs or medicines, and liquors.” The Pure food and Drug Act was passed in the House of Representatives by a 240-17 vote. This Act would stop the sale of mislabeled products. Thus, products would have to disclose the ingredients within, such as the harmful red dye used in many food products. The Act affects today's society, and the way we choose to eat manufactured goods.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Highland Park, Michigan
Resource
Fordism | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

Fordism was the start of the manufacturing world; Ford was the creator of the assembly line. The creation of the assembly line created an economic boom because it made manufacturing faster and more efficient. In return mass production and mass consumer buying caused rising wages, thus rising wages caused thousands to invest in stock. Rising stock will ultimately help create the big problem of the stock market crash in1929. Fordism was an important historical event which helped the United States become the capitalist country we are today.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Belgium, France and Germany
Resource
World War I | History, Summary, Causes, Combatants, Casualties, Map, & Facts | Britannica

World War I stared with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Then Austria-Hungary blamed Siberia, when Austria declared war on Siberia, Russia jumped in to side with Siberia. The War was based upon trench warfare, where large 6–8-foot trenches were built to help protect against enemy fire. The United States did not enter War until 1917 and led the war to an end in 1918. The Allies consisted of Great Britan, France and Russia. Whereas the central powers included Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy. During the war the United States was the biggest producer, so unemployment decreased, and the economy boomed.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- The United States
Resource
The Red Scare of the 1920s History & Overview | What was the First Red Scare? - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

Due to the communist takeover in the Middle East, fear of the communist and socialist ideology coming to the United States. At the end of the war production decreased and labor strikes started. The hysteria led to bombings, many of the targets being local police and government.  Fear of immigrants was real, having the thought that they would overthrow the government. Around the same time the Spanish Flu killed thousands of Americans, causing more hysteria.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Nationwide Movement
Resource
When Did Women Get the Right to Vote in the US? - WorldAtlas

The right for women to vote movement lasted decades until women were finally granted the right to vote in 1920 by the 19th amendment. Womens suffrage started well before the 20th century and was worldwide. Women were not to own property, had no lawful cause to possess money, or had the right to vote. Women were to focus on housework and raising children, rather than political values, which was a “man's” job at the time. As the movement progressed more women became college educated and part of the working class. Because of the lack of med during the first world war women had to step up. In 1919 congress voted and passed the 19th amendment by two-thirds vote, putting the United States one step closer to the equality between genders.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- New York City, New York
Resource
Stock Market Crash of 1929: Black Tuesday Cause & Effects - HISTORY
Stock prices dropped and panic arose, due to the decrease in wages and increase of debt within the country. On October 29th, 1929, the panic of the decreasing value of stock caused 16.4 million shares to be traded in one day, causing billions of dollars to be lost, giving the day the name of Black Tuesday. Stocks decreased by 33% at the end of the year.  The Stock market crash helped plumet the economy being a cause of the Great Depression, causing world hunger, closing of banks and the highest unemployment rate in history.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- World Wide effects
Resource
Great Depression - Causes of the Great Depression | Britannica

The Great Depression was the worst economic downfall in the history of the United States. The Stock market crash caused people to pull money out of banks, which banks don’t hold the same amount of cash as the total amount of money all members have. Although the depression started in the United States it effected the whole world. Deflation was at an all-time high and the cost of manufacturing products cost more than the value of the product. The prices of coffee, cotton, silk, and rubber were reduced by roughly half between September 1929 and December 1930, affecting the world.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Southern Plains region of the United States
Resources
Dust Bowl: Cause & Impact On Great Depression - HISTORY

The Dust Bowl was the loss of agricultural lands due to drought, states effected were, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and parts of Montana and Wyoming. Dust drifts covered buildings and roadways and caused no visibility. The Dust Storms caused death to people and livestock; crops failed to grow without proper water supply causing a food shortage across the country. The Dust Bowl made the depression worse, making food scare. By 1934, an estimated 35 million acres of formerly cultivated land had been rendered useless for farming. Many people got sick of “Dust pneumonia”, causing chest pain and breathing problems.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Europe
Resources-
World War II | Facts, Summary, History, Dates, Combatants, & Causes | Britannica

The second World War was between virtually every country in the world. Axis powers included Germany, Italy and Japan. The allies included France, Great Britan, the United States, the Soviet Union and little so China. The 40,000,000–50,000,000 deaths incurred in World War II make it the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in history. The war stated with Germany invading Poland, which triggered France and Great Britan, Poland’s allies to attack Germany. The Soviet Union was only on Poland’s side because it didn’t want Germany to end with all of Poland’s land. The war continued until 1945 when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, putting an end to the war.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Berlin
Resource
Cold War | Summary, Causes, History, Years, Timeline, & Facts | Britannica
The developing war after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union. The war started due to the fear of the Soviet Union trying to invade and expand the communist ideology. The Soviets had put left-wing governments in European countries that had been liberated.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Dallas, Texas
Resorces
assassination of John F. Kennedy | Summary, Facts, Aftermath, & Conspiracy | Britannica

John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22nd, 1963. His accused killer Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who had embraced Marxism. While in police custody Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Vietnam
Resource
Vietnam War | Facts, Summary, Years, Timeline, Casualties, Combatants, & Facts | Britannica

The Vietnam war was a continuation of the Cold War and the complications between the Soviet Union and the United States. Under John F. Kennedy the United States remained neutral in the situation until Lyndon B. Johnson became president after the assassination of JFK, Johnson sent advisors to Vietnam to help the republic win the war, after those advisors were killed in war the bombing and deployment of US troops started without the knowledge of the American people creating trust issues between the people and their government. The Viestnam war was the first war to be publicized causing normal civilians to be mortified.

# data[].attributes.headline
1968- Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 

# data[].attributes.subject
1968- Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Memphis Tennessee
Resource
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (stanford.edu)
April 4th, 1968, King was shot in Memphis Tennessee. King was a huge civil rights activist in the 1960’s. King spoke on many occasions of the equality he wishes to receive. Matin Luther King Jr.  kept the civil rights movement as peaceful as possible, his death shook the country. In Over 100 cities riots broke out.

# data[].attributes.body
Location-Moon, Take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Resource
NASA - The First Person on the Moon

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, who took off from Kennedy Space center in Florida. The adventure to the moon was a race between the United States and the USSR. While the USSR had the first woman in space and the first spacewalk, we best them to the moon. Neil Armstrong and his crew spent three hours doing experiments and collecting rocks and dirt. Something that helped the United States with beating the USSR, was the funding for the program, sending men into space is not cheap. This was huge for the United States because a man went into space and walked somewhere other than on Earth.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Washington DC
Resource
The Watergate Scandal - Timeline, Summary & Deep Throat - HISTORY
In the history of the United States only one president has ever resigned from office. Richard Nixon faced impeachment due to the Watergate scandal. Watergate was the scandal that included members of Nixons campaign who were caught wiretapping and stealing documents. Nixon then tried to cover up the crimes. Nixon faced an Impeachment trial in which he knew he would be guilty, so he resigned. The Watergate scandal changed American politics forever, leading many Americans to question their leaders and think more critically about the presidency.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Kuwait
Resources
Persian Gulf War - Definition, Causes & Dates - HISTORY
After the Iraq war Iraq owed 37 billion, when Kuwait refused to forgive their debt , Iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered the Army to take over Kuwait. Because of that Sadi Arabia and Egypt contacted the United States. The war began with air strikes named operation desert storm. After 42 days all Iraq forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Washington DC
Resource
President Clinton Impeached - HISTORY\
24 Years after Richard Nixon resigned from office, President Bill Clinton was on trial to be removed from the office. The president was having an affair with a former intern, when asked about it he lied. Clinton was charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. The Impeachment caused division between the country between political sides.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- New York City, New York
Resource
September 11 Attacks: Facts, Background & Impact - HISTORY
September 11th, 2001, started as a normal day and became a tragic event. 19 men part of the Islamic Extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. September 11th, 2001, was the largest tersest attack the united States has ever experienced.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Washington DC
Resource
Barack Obama: Impact and Legacy | Miller Center
The Presidency of Barack Obama was very important in the history of the United States. Obama was the first African American to become president of the United States.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Pakistan
Resource
Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces - HISTORY
One of the Master Minds behind the attack of 9/11, was killed on May 1st, 2011, during an military raid including 23 Navy Seals. After his body had been identified his body was laid o rest in the Islamic tradition.

# data[].attributes.body
Location- Washington DC
Resource
Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 - Ballotpedia
The result of the election of 2020 caused riots and many upset Americans. Donald Trump was not a politician but was an actor and a businessman, many thought it was a mistake and he was worthy of presidency.  13.3 million primary voters had backed Trump, a new record in the history of Republican primaries.

# data[].attributes.body
Location-World Wide
Resource-
2020 Final Death Statistics: COVID-19 as an Underlying Cause of Death vs. Contributing Cause (cdc.gov)

Covid 19 is a flu like illness that is highly contagious. The disease killed half a million people worldwide.