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Iran-Contra Affair: August 20, 1985-March 4, 1987

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Iran-Contra Affair: August 20, 1985-March 4, 1987

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A political scandal in the 1980s involving the covert sale of weapons to Iran by the U.S. government to fund Nicaraguan Contra rebels, leading to Congressional investigations and convictions.

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Emmett Till was a boy from Chicago visiting his family in Mississippi when he was accussed of breaking the Jim Crow era laws of the time with interacting in an innapropriate way to a white woman by flirting with her which violated the code of behavior for a black male. As a result, three days after the incident, he was dragged form his bed in the dead of night, beat brutally, and shot dead in the head.

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The battleship USS Maine was sunk due to unkown origins that caused a massive explosion of the ship in Cuba's Havana harbor killing 260 of the 400 American crew memebers aboard.

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It was a rally held at the Haymarket Square and was organized by labor radicals in order to protest the killing and wounding of several workers by the Chicago police during a strike the day before at the McCormick Reaper Works.

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Homestead Strike of 1892: June 30-July 6, 1892

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Homestead Strike of 1892: June 30-July 6, 1892

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This occasion was an event that saw the an industrial lockout and strike of workers that exacerbated the tensions of the time between industrialists who wanted the Unions to end their protesting by cutting wages. In retaliation the strikers would up defeating the private security agents in the a fight that lasted days.

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This was a widespread railroad strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic in the U.S., Midwest over the want to reshape national labor policy.

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This was a landmark Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality. This doctrine became known as the "seperate but equal" idea.

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A trade agreement signed in 1994 between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, aiming to eliminate barriers to trade and investment and promote economic cooperation in North America.

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Mexican-American War: April 25, 1846 - Febuary 2, 1848

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Mexican-American War: April 25, 1846 - Febuary 2, 1848

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The Mexican-American war was a fight that broke out between Mexico and America over territorial disputes stemming from the United States desire to invade and take away this land from Mexico to include it as its own part in the quest to fulfil Manifest Destiny. Eventually America won as it was able to obtain Arizona though purchasing and Texas declared its independence and seperation by force before annexation later offically brought it to be apart of the United States.

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Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the U.S. but was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress for "high crimes and misdemeanors" by immorally having sexual relations with Monica. Lewinsky.

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During a transaction with France, the United States was able to get a steal of a deal when they decided to purchase 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for only $15 million. That's because this was roughly 4 cents an acre. It resulted in the United States doubling its size, and expanding the nation more westward leading to greater space for its farmers too.

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This war was fought against the British and its indigenous forces versus the United States and its own indigenous allies. It was declared by the United States due to them being upset over the impressement of American sailors by the British Navy, lesser of the fact that there were disagreements with trade, western expansion, and Native American policy. After three years of fighting, including the White House literally being burned down, the war ended with an inconclusive victor.

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The attack was innacted by the British over the American troops actions against the British-held upper Canada a year previous where they themselves burned government buildings. So British troops were urged to attack the former colonies and Washington was picked as the target because of its symbolic importance, its easy access from the sea, and the inability of inexperienced American troops to defend it.

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This legislation was what innacted the prevention of slavery from every being founded above the 36 parallel in order to contain it from spreading too much. This is because when Missouri was established, a majoirty of its people wanted it to be emmited into the Union as a slave state. So to couterbalacne this the non-slavery state of Main was created too as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation.

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This was a time period when the United States shifted from a traditional, moral economy to a more modern-free market capitalist system. It transformed American business and global trade since it connected it more to it. It introduced the fading field of farming and its replacement of factory work.

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Also known as the '7 years war', both claimed the upper Ohio Valley as their territory and it ended with the Treaty of Paris where Britian gained enourmous terrtitorial gains.

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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that happened due to American colonists frustration and anger for Britian imposing "taxation without representation." So they took to the Boston harbor to express their distaste by dumbing 342 chests of tea into it.

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First Continental Congress -  September 5 and October 26, 1774

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First Continental Congress -  September 5 and October 26, 1774

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The main purpose of these gatherings among the delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies is to meet to discuss America's future from Britians growing desire of aggression.

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Declaration of Independence - August 2, 1776

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Declaration of Independence - August 2, 1776

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This document officially tied the 13 rebel colonies together since they are fighting for independence from the British monarchy and seperated America from Britian.

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After the revolutionary war happened soliders were promised to recieve money for participating in the cause. The government was not strong enough to collect taxes however, therefor it lead to them not being able to collect any money at all of course. The farmers accepted this as they hoped they would be payed one day. But the government then decided to try and come tax them. They were furious as they would gladly pay the government these taxes if they had the wealth they were supposed to collect. Because the government rightfully owed it to them. Since they refused to or couldn't the government would take their land instead to sell it and make money. This caused outrage as this was those people's way of making a living and identity. In response they would burn down all the courthouses so the justices couldn't get together and decide their fates. Nothing could be done to stop this problem because the men who were attacking were apart of the states militia which was the only fighting force in each independant state because their was no national defense

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Constitutional Convention - May 25, 1787

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Constitutional Convention - May 25, 1787

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The point of this convention was to address the problems of the weak central government that exists under the Articles of Confederation.

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Washinton's Farewell Address - September 17, 1796

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Washinton's Farewell Address - September 17, 1796

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The point of George Washinton's Farewell Address was intended to serve as a guide to future statecraft for the American public and his successors in office.

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Columbus “discovers” the New World - October 12, 1492

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Columbus “discovers” the New World - October 12, 1492

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Christopher Columbus landed in the modern day Bahamas in which he introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World. This as well was the unintential starting of the Columbian Exchange.

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Conquest of Tenochtitlan - May 26 – August 13, 1521

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Conquest of Tenochtitlan - May 26 – August 13, 1521

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Spanish conquistadores commanded by Hernán Cortés allied with local tribes to conquer the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán. Cortés's army besieged Tenochtitlán for 93 days, and a combination of superior weaponry and a devastating smallpox outbreak enabled the Spanish to conquer the city.

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Originally 117 English men, women and children came ashore on Roanoke Island to establish a permanent English settlement in the New World. Just five years later in 1590, when English ships returned to bring supplies, they found the island deserted with no sign of the colonists. The mystery of what happened to the colonists remains unsolved as only little evidence and remains of what happened can be found. Especially the iconic carving of the word "Croatoan" into a tree.

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The 2000 U.S. presidential election, marked by a controversial recount in Florida, legal battles culminating in the Supreme Court's decision to stop the recount, and Bush's ultimate victory despite losing the popular vote.

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Seneca Falls Convention - July 19 and 20, 1848 

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Seneca Falls Convention - July 19 and 20, 1848 

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This was the first women's rights convention in the United States which was called to discuss the the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women. At that conference, activist and leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted The Declaration of Sentiments, which called for women's equality and suffrage.

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Greensboro Sit Ins: February 1, 1960-July 25, 1960

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Greensboro Sit Ins: February 1, 1960-July 25, 1960

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A series of non-violent protests where African-Americans would sit and remained seated, without leaving, in the white-only lunch counter sections of the segragated restaurants until the stores closed. Police could not remove them without probable cause and so the restaurants had to change their segragation policies in order to continue to make money because they wouldn't serve the black folk while they remined in those spots thus lost money unless they changed their policy.

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Spanish-American War: April 21, 1898-December 10, 1898

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Spanish-American War: April 21, 1898-December 10, 1898

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The Spanish–American War began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. The other immediate cause for the unfolding of this war was over the disputes in which the Filipinos had an ongoing stuggle against Spanish rule as well. Thus the U.S. combated in retaliation and used this occasion to erase Spain from the Western Hemisphere and secure its position as a Pacific power.

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Context for this issue was how Dred Scott was an enslaved man who had been taken by his owner to reside in the free state of Illinois. Scott argued that because he had lived in these areas where slavery was prohibited, he should be considered a free man. The Supreme Court had a different direction however. In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling with signficant implications for the issue slavery in the United States since it ruled against Dred Scott. This meant that due to the decision it would leave an ever lasting impact on the future of slavery in America by contributing to the growing divided sentiment that was stirring up much controversy and deepening the sectional tensions between the North and South in years leading up to the Civil War.

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The Jungle exposed the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. Sales skyrocketed as it was an international best seller. It went into depth about the great description of disease, rotten, and contaminated meat that shocked the public and led to new federal food saftey laws and regulations that were previously lacking existence.

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This was seen as the final attempt by the natives to riden the colonists from their land as the colonists had an unrelenting desire for more. Wampanoag sachem Metacom, also known as Metacomet or King Philip, the name given to him by the English. His death in 1676 essentially ended King Philip's War, a violent and bloody conflict between the Wampanoag and English colonists.

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This rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native American Indians out of Virginia.

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Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863

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Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863

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This was an historic executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. It declared the freedom of all enslaved people in the Confederate states that were still in rebellion against the Union. While it did not immeditately free all enslaved individuals, it marked a signficant step towards the abolition of slavery in the United States and laying the ground work for the very soon to come enactment. It's celebrated as a key milestone in the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States.

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This is the historically significant site where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulylsses S. Grantl, effectively ending the American Civil War.

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Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed in the back of the head at Ford Theatre by John Wilkes Booth who was enraged by Lincoln's support for black citizenship.

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Reconstruction: December 8, 1863-March 31, 1877

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Reconstruction: December 8, 1863-March 31, 1877

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The Reconstruction era was a period of time intended to rebuild the nation post Civil War and reintergrate the former Confederate states by dealing with the adression of the social, political, and economic components of the war and impacts of slavery.

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Boxer Rebellion: November 2, 1899-Septemeber 7, 1901

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Boxer Rebellion: November 2, 1899-Septemeber 7, 1901

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The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-imperialist movement which sought to expel foreigners from China and end the system of foreign concessions and treaty ports. The rebellion had multiple causes. Escalating tensions caused Chinese to turn against "foreign devils" who scrambled for power in the late 19th century.

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This was a march held in Washington D.C. that was meant to fight for equal job opportunity and freedom. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.

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This event was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and progressed into a global conflict fought between the two coalitions of the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.

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A global military and political campaign initiated by the United States in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, aimed at combating terrorism and its sponsors around the world.

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The sinking of RMS Lusitania caused international outrage and helped turn public opinion against Germany, particularly in the then-neutral United States. Of the 1,200 people killed, 128 were American citizens. But the incident did not immediately bring the United States into the war it just ramped up outrage.

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Roaring Twenties, colloquial term for the 1920s, especially within the United States and other Western countries where the decade was characterized by economic prosperity, rapid social and cultural change, and a mood of exuberant optimism.

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JFK was the 35th president of the United States. He was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dallas Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.

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The Great Depression was an economic shock that affected most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagion began around September 1929 and led to the Wall Street stock market crash of 24 October.

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The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States in order to help get the country out of the Great Depression.

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WWll: September 1, 1939-September 2, 1945

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WWll: September 1, 1939-September 2, 1945

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The largest and most deadliest conflict in human history that was sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945.

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A U.S. law passed in response to the 9/11 attacks, granting expanded surveillance and law enforcement powers to the government in the name of national security and counter terrorism efforts.

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MLK was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His death caused a lot of outrage and promted many racial outbreaks of violence that resulted in 40 deaths nationwide.

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Civil Rights Act of 1968: April 11, 1968

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Civil Rights Act of 1968: April 11, 1968

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Also known as the housing act, this act prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion.

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US Withdraws from Vietnam: March 29, 1973

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US Withdraws from Vietnam: March 29, 1973

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On the date of March 29, 1973, the very last U.S. military unit left Vietnam. Thus, the U.S. turned the war effort completly over to South Vietnam which got overran and ended up losing. Reuniting Vietnam as one once again and turning it completly Communist.

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Watergate Scandal: June 17, 1972-August 9, 1974

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Watergate Scandal: June 17, 1972-August 9, 1974

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The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon that led to Nixon's resignation.