Map by Benjamin Bernard _ Student - GreenLevelHS

lexington and concord

btbernard — 2025-09-10 17:10:52 UTC

This is where the battles started the revolutionary war between the british and the American colonists. The result of this battle is the British retreated to Boston

Yorktown, VA

btbernard — 2025-09-10 17:13:02 UTC

the battle of yorktown is where the winning battle of the revolution took place. The french helped corner the british on land and also by sea.

Saratoga, NY

btbernard — 2025-09-10 17:16:12 UTC

This is where the british were outnumbered and had to surrender. It was a major turning point for the american colonists because it then inspired the french to help the American colonists.

center of louisiana territory

btbernard — 2025-09-25 16:59:35 UTC

Land that the US bought form france to expand west in 1803

36, 30 line

btbernard — 2025-09-25 17:02:16 UTC

this was a rule from 1820 and it said that slavery was allowed south of the line and on the norht is said that it wasnt allowed except missouri .

Missouri

btbernard — 2025-09-25 17:03:54 UTC

It became a state in 1821 and it allowed for slavery there and a part of the missouri compromise.

Maine

btbernard — 2025-09-25 17:05:17 UTC

it became a state in 1820 and it did not allowe slavery and balanced missouri when the joined as a slave state.

Erie Canal, New York

btbernard — 2025-09-25 17:06:24 UTC

this was a waterway in 1825 to help move goods between the great lakes as well as the atlantic ocean.

Border states

btbernard — 2025-10-17 13:56:15 UTC

Kentucky, missouri, maryland, deleware, and west virgiana were slave states that didnt secede from the union and for the union, the loyalty from them was strategic.

Gettysburg, PA

btbernard — 2025-10-17 13:58:56 UTC

Battle of gettusburg was a turning point in the civil war and was the bloodiest battle and was the end to general lees invasion of the north.

Wilmington, NC

btbernard — 2025-10-17 14:00:23 UTC

The wilmington coup was after civil war and was the only successful coup in us history and white supremacists overthrew biracial government.

Charleston, SC

btbernard — 2025-10-17 14:01:10 UTC

The battle of fort sumter was where the first shots of the Civil war was fired in 1861 which was the mark of the start to the conflict.

Kansas City, KS

btbernard — 2025-10-17 14:03:22 UTC

bleeding kansas was in various towns and was basically violent eruptions over the decision wether kansas would enter as a free state or slave state to the union.

Golden Spike laid

btbernard — 2025-11-03 18:16:43 UTC

Completion of the first transcontinental railroad

ellis island

btbernard — 2025-11-03 18:18:25 UTC

Main entry point for immigrants from 1892 to 1954

Triangle shirtwaist fire

btbernard — 2025-11-03 18:19:17 UTC

Industrial disaster killing 146 garment workers

Hawaii

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:18:16 UTC

U.S. wanted Hawaii for sugar; Queen Liliuokalani opposed; Sanford Dole overthrew her; annexed in 1898

Alaska

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:18:44 UTC

Purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2M; removed foreign powers from the continent

Okinawa, Japan

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:19:17 UTC

Last great U.S. amphibious campaign in WWII; showed Japanese would fight to the death

Philippines

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:19:46 UTC

Spanish colony freed by U.S. then taken as U.S. colony

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:20:08 UTC

Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941; brought U.S. into WWII

Hiroshima, Japan

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:20:28 UTC

First city to face nuclear attack during WWII

Puerto Rico

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:20:43 UTC

Given to the U.S. by Spain as payment for Spanish-American War

Normandy, France

btbernard — 2025-11-20 14:20:55 UTC

Site of Allied invasion of France; turning point in WWII

Berlin, Germany

btbernard — 2025-12-16 18:51:03 UTC

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

Vietnam

btbernard — 2025-12-16 18:51:19 UTC

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

Cuba

btbernard — 2025-12-16 18:51:30 UTC

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

Turkey

btbernard — 2025-12-16 18:51:42 UTC

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

Inchon, South Korea

btbernard — 2025-12-16 18:51:52 UTC

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

New York City, NY

btbernard — 2026-01-09 18:38:20 UTC

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.

Montreal, QC, Canada

btbernard — 2026-01-09 18:38:44 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).

Kyoto, Japan

btbernard — 2026-01-09 18:39:18 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.

Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

btbernard — 2026-01-09 18:39:47 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.

Afghanistan

btbernard — 2026-01-09 18:40:18 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.