Us history timeline
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Samuel F.B. Morse
Patented the first
practical telegraph
that used morse
code, name after
Samuel MorseEli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney made the Cotton
Gin which when you tuned a
crank it combed the seeds
out of cotton.Cotton Belt
As acres of land
were designated
to being cotton
farms in the 1820's
a "Cotton Belt"
emerged where
a nearly uninterrupted
band of cotton farms
stretched across the
South al the way from
Virginia in the East to
Texas in the WestBritish Empire Bans Slavery
The British Empire banned
slavery meaning no more
British slave boats and no
slaves on British controlled
water (which was a lot of water).Oberlin College
in 1833 Oberlin
is the first American
college to admit a women.Second Great Awakening
Movement where church
attendance and religious
feelings became populous
again.Transcendentalist/Utopianism
During the Reform Era people
that believed that knowledge
can come from intuition and
personal spiritual experiencesImmigration
We arn't called
the melting pot
for nothing, we
were quite the
popular immigration
area since the 1700's
especially for Ireland
where in 1850 because
of the Great Irish Famine
more than 2 million Irish
people went to the United
States.Seneca Falls Convention
In July of 1848 the first
women's rights convention
held in America too plays in
Seneca Falls, New York.Oregon Trail
In 1843 the Oregon
Trail became the major
tail west that we think
of now. It stretched
2,000 miles from
Independence, Missouri
to Willamette Valley, Oregon.California Gold Rush
In 1848 a carpenter
discovered gold in
the American River
and it led to the single
largest migration west
in 1849 nicknamed the
49'ers all in hope of
getting rich off of gold.Pony Express
A mail delivery
system of young
riders on fast
horses that would
ride for a certain
distance then pass
it on to the next rider.Santa Fe Trail
First major western
trail which led from
Independence, Missouri,
to the town of Santa Fe in
New Mexico, 800-mile
journey and a great profit.Périodes
Reform Era
Many Americans attempted to reshape American society.Abolition movement
Abolition movement was a campaign to abolish slavery. No other movement attracted as many followers, garnered
as much attention, arose such strong feeling, or had such an impact on the history of the United States.
Underground Railroad
A string of sympathetic white people and free blacks Providing escapees with food,
hiding, and directions to the next safe place closer to freedom as a slave
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