Unit 4 Timeline by Connor Hammond

Ellis Island

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:35:10 UTC

Ellis Island is a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years until it closed in 1954.

Secneca Falls

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:36:40 UTC

The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman"

Plessy vs. Ferguson

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:37:39 UTC

Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark U.S. 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,

Homestead Strike

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:38:40 UTC

The Homestead Strike was a violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers that occurred in 1892 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The striking workers were all fired on July 2, and on July 6 private security guards hired by the company arrived.

The 18th Amendment

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:40:13 UTC

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors..." and was ratified by the states on January 16, 1919. The movement to prohibit alcohol began in the United States in the early nineteenth century.

Progressive Era Movement

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:41:45 UTC

The Progressive Era (1896–1917) was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste, and inefficiency.

Industrial Revolution

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:43:08 UTC

The Industrial Revolution was the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. Its start and end are widely debated by scholars, but the period generally spanned from about 1760 to 1840.

Naacp

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:44:27 UTC

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, and Ida B. Wells.

19th Amendment

crhammon — 2023-12-12 14:45:19 UTC

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.