Locations by Sophia Charles _ Student - GreenLevelHS

New Orleans, LA

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Amsterdam, New York

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Jamestown, VA

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Charleston, SC

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Philadelphia, PA

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Lexington and Concord

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Where the battles that started the Revolutionary War between the American colonists and the British occurred. The battles resulted in a British retreat to Boston

Yorktown Battlefield

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Where the winning battle of the Revolution occurred. Colonists cornered the British by both land and by sea thanks to the French.

Saratoga National Historical Park

sncharles — 2025-02-04 17:15:32 UTC

Where the British were outnumbered and were forced to surrender. The colonist victory was a turning point in the war because it inspired the French to help the colonists fight the British.

Compromise Road, Gravois Mills, Missouri

sncharles — 2025-02-26 17:25:08 UTC

Based on the 36°30' parallel, this states above this line were free states while states below were slave states.

Maine

sncharles — 2025-02-26 17:26:39 UTC

Added as a free state to balance another slave state joining the Union

Dr. Robert Territo, Picardy Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

sncharles — 2025-02-26 17:28:00 UTC

U.S. acquisition of the North American territory from France in 1803 for $15 million

Missouri

sncharles — 2025-02-26 17:29:23 UTC

Wanted to join the Union as a slave state, throwing off the balance of slave and free states

Erie Canal, New York

sncharles — 2025-02-27 17:10:23 UTC

Considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West

Battle of Gettysburg First Shot Marker, Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg, PA

sncharles — 2025-03-11 16:09:20 UTC

Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North

Wilmington, NC

sncharles — 2025-03-11 16:10:33 UTC

By force, a white mob seized the reins of government in the port city and, in so doing, destroyed the local black-owned newspaper office and terrorized the African American community

Bleeding Kansas Tree Service, Delaware Street, Lawrence, KS

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The period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery force

Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina

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The first battle that marked the beginning of the Civil War

Border States, Liberty Street, Kansas City, Missouri

sncharles — 2025-03-11 16:13:31 UTC

Slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and after 1863, the new state of West Virginia.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial, Washington Place, New York, NY

sncharles — 2025-03-24 15:59:38 UTC

An industrial disaster in the city of New York, causing the death of 146 garment workers who either died from the fire or jumped to their deaths

Golden Spike Tower, North Homestead Road, North Platte, NE

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A national historic site commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, linking the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads

Ellis Island

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Place in the New York Harbor that served as the main point of entry for immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954

Hawaii

sncharles — 2025-04-21 16:49:54 UTC

U.S. wanted Hawaii so their sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, but Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii in 1898

Alaska

sncharles — 2025-04-21 16:50:27 UTC

Purchased by the US from Russia in 1867 for $7.2M - significant because it removed foreign powers from the continent

Philippines

sncharles — 2025-04-21 16:50:51 UTC

Spanish colony in the Pacific whom the US helped free from the Spanish, but soon after took as their own colony

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

sncharles — 2025-04-21 16:51:09 UTC

Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. The sinking of much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet brought the United States into World War II.

Hiroshima, Japan

sncharles — 2025-04-21 17:21:20 UTC

The first city to face nuclear attacks during World War II

Okinawa, Japan

sncharles — 2025-04-21 17:22:09 UTC

The scene of the last great U.S. amphibious campaign in World War II. It Showed that the Japanese would "fight to the death"

Normandy, France

sncharles — 2025-04-21 17:22:36 UTC

Site of Allied invasion of occupied France, the turning point in WWII

Puerto Rico

sncharles — 2025-04-21 17:23:14 UTC

Given to the US by Spain as a payment for the cost of the Spanish American War

Cuba

sncharles — 2025-05-02 16:15:43 UTC

Island country located about 90 miles from Florida. Positioned USSR nuclear weapons towards the USA

Inchon, South Korea

sncharles — 2025-05-02 16:16:13 UTC

Location of the last great amphibious landing. Turning point of the war.

Berlin, Germany

sncharles — 2025-05-02 16:16:36 UTC

Split up by the allies and USSR after WWII. Was saved by the USA via air dropped supplies

Turkey

sncharles — 2025-05-02 16:17:04 UTC

Asian NATO member. The USA withdrew its nuclear weapons from this country to end the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Vietnam

sncharles — 2025-05-02 16:17:23 UTC

War executed because of containment theory. USA’s first real war loss.

Protocol Direct Marketing Inc, Park Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada

sncharles — 2025-05-30 16:04:20 UTC

an international treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of substances responsible for ozone depletion, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

PROTOTYPE RECORDS, 340-1 Daimonjichō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan

sncharles — 2025-05-30 16:06:01 UTC

an international agreement establishing targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with the aim of mitigating climate change; it was adopted in 1997 and came into force in 2005.

NYC, NY

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the terrorist attacks when hijacked airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., leading to widespread loss of life and initiating the War on Terror.

Afghanistan

sncharles — 2025-05-30 16:06:55 UTC

an Islamist militant group that gained control of Afghanistan in the 1990s, enforcing a strict interpretation of Islamic law, and became a focal point in the War on Terror following their association with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

sncharles — 2025-05-30 16:07:19 UTC

the U.S. naval base in Cuba that gained international attention for its use as a detention facility for individuals captured in the War on Terror, particularly after the September 11 attacks.