Events
The Louisiana PurchaseUnited States DepressionMexico won their independence from SpainTexas was independentMexican War begunGeorge Washington is bornFirst transcontinental railroadGold discovered in California50 million people in USATriangle Shirtwaist Factory FireThe Statue Of Liberty Is Gifted From France65 skyscrapers are builtAlaska PurchasedHawaii becomes U.S possessionSpanish-American WarU.S gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islandsUnited States has become a world powerSuez Canal opensU.S. takes over Panama Canal constructionLincoln is electedLincoln diesCarnegie builds steel millFirst telephone conversation
Alexander Graham BellEdison invents electric light bulbsThe PanicFrance sent Lady L to New YorkMother jones was bornThe Chicago FireFirst woman to get the Noble Peace Prize
Jane AddamsLabor Unions startedWright brothers flewTheodore Roosevelt becomes PresidentHenry Ford builds cars on assembly linesU.S. opens the Panama CanalThe Great War Starts in EuropeThe Night of Broken GlassHitler was electedHolocaust startedAttack on Pearl HarborGerman tanks rolled into ParisRussian RevolutionFirst Atomic Bomb ExplodedSuffragists parade through New YorkJeanette Rankin is the first woman elected to Congress.Congress passed an Alien lawThe first transmitted electronic imageAmerican soldiers enter teh Nazi concentration campsHitler diesPeriods
Jedediah Smith's expeditionPlains WarsHomesteading the plainsCattle drives in Great PlainsImmigrationElectricity for citiesMassive immigration to AmericaProgressive EraWorld War iWorld-wide DepressionWorld War IIThe Russians lose 304,887 men
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