U.S. History: 1865 to Present by Steven Dewald

Abraham Lincoln Assassinated

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Date: April 14, 1865

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: Ford's Theater Organization | Link: fords.org/lincolns-assassination/

Congress Passes the 14th Amendment

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 17:00:36 UTC

Date: June 13, 1866

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment

Reconstruction Act of 1867

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 17:14:48 UTC

Date: March 2, 1867

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: Zinn Education Project | Link: zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/congress-passes-first-reconstruction-act/

President Andrew Johnson Impeached

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 17:25:17 UTC

Date: February 24, 1868

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: U.S. Senate Records | Link: senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment/impeachment-johnson

Bargain of 1877

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 17:44:49 UTC

Date: March 2, 1877 (Congressional Commission Vote)

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: Compromise of 1877 | Link: history.com/topics/us-presidents/compromise-of-1877

Four Time Zones Introduced in the U.S.

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 17:53:17 UTC

Date: November 18, 1883

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Museum of American History | Link: americanhistory.si.edu/ontime/synchronizing/zones

Haymarket Affair

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Date: May 4, 1886

Location: Chicago, IL

For Further Information: Library of Congress | Link: guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-haymarket-affair

The Dawes Act

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Date: February 8, 1887

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/milestone-documents/dawes-act

Sherman Antitrust Act

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Date: July 2, 1890

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/milestone-documents/sherman-anti-trust-act

1892 Election

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Date: November 8, 1892

Location: United States (national election)

For Further Information: Constitution Center | Link: constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/populist-party-platform-july-4-1892-in-a-populist-reader-selections-from-the-works-of-american-populist-leaders-9096

Plessy v. Ferguson

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 18:50:31 UTC

Date: May 18, 1896

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/milestone-documents/plessy-v-ferguson

Chinese Exclusion Act Made Permanent

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 18:58:29 UTC

Date: May 6, 1882. Extended in 1902

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act

Battle of San Juan Hill

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 19:09:53 UTC

Date: July 1, 1898

Location: Santiago, Cuba

For Further Information: National Parks Service | Link: nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/tr-rr-spanamwar.htm

Ford Motor Company Founded

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 20:38:42 UTC

Date: June 16, 1903

Location: Detroit, MI

For Further Information: Ford Biography | Link: corporate.ford.com/articles/history/henry-ford-biography

Margaret Sanger & The Birth-Control Movement

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Date: 1910s

Location: New York, NY

For Further Information: American Experience - The Pill | Link: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-margaret-sanger-1879-1966

The Election of 1912

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Date: November 5, 1912

Location: National Election (United States)

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/legislative/features/1912-election

The United States Enters WWI

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 21:31:22 UTC

Date: April 6, 1917

Location: Washington D.C. (Congressional authorization)

For Further Information: The National WWI Museum & Memorial | Link: theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/us-enters-war

Wilson's "Fourteen Points" Speech

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 21:44:14 UTC

Date: January 8, 1918

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: History Channel | Link: history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-delivers-fourteen-points-speech

Prohibition Begins, The 18th Amendment

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Date: January 16, 1919

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: The Reagan Library | Link: reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-18-beginning-prohibition

The 19th Amendment

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 21:58:36 UTC

Date: August 18, 1920

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment

The Tulsa Massacre

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 22:08:22 UTC

Date: June 1, 1921

Location: Tulsa, OK

For Further Information: Tulsa Historical Society | Link: tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/

The Scopes Trial

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 22:21:23 UTC

Date(s): July 10 to July 25, 1925

Location: Dayton, TN

For Further Information: Britannica | Link: britannica.com/topic/American-Civil-Liberties-Union

Black Tuesday

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 22:28:01 UTC

Date: October 29, 1929

Location: New York, NY

For Further Information: National Geographic Society | Link: education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/black-tuesday/

The 1932 Election

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 22:34:56 UTC

Date: November 8, 1932

Location: National Election

For Further Information: Senate Archives | Link: senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/parties-leadership/1932-political-realignment

Germany Invades Poland

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 22:46:09 UTC

Date: September 1, 1939

Location: Poland

For Further Information: Britannica | Link: britannica.com/event/World-War-II

The United States Drops The Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 22:53:58 UTC

Date(s): August 6 and August 9, 1945

Location: Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/news/topics/hiroshima-nagasaki-75

NATO is Formed

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 23:02:25 UTC

Date: April 4, 1949

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: Office of the Historian | Link: history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato

Civil Rights Act Passes

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 23:09:22 UTC

Date: July 2, 1964

Location: Washington D.C.

For Further Information: National Archives | Link: archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act

People's Army of Vietnam Enter the Presidential Palace in Saigon

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 23:16:00 UTC

Date: April 30, 1975

Location: Saigon, Vietnam

For Further Information: Office of the Historian | Link: history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/ending-vietnam

The Cold War Ends

stevesdewald — 2024-04-20 23:25:51 UTC

Date: December 2, 1989

Location: Malta

For Further Information: UNC End of the Cold War | Link: coldwar.unc.edu/theme/end-of-the-cold-war