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The american civil war
the American civil war was fought between the Confederate States of America and the united states of America, the reasoning for the war is commonly attributed to the north going slavery is bad and the south going I will cut you. The civil war was fought in the southeastern united states, then the what of the civil war that the south steamrolled the states until the states found an idea I like to call winning, then the states steam rolled the south into capitulation -
emancipation proclamation
The emancipation proclamation was an executive order signed by Mr stove hat himself Abraham Lincoln. The what was abey said all slaves in the south shall henceforth be free! the proclamation went into effect in the north. because tons of African Americans were fleeing the south to join the North's military so abe thought hey maybe if I pen up an executive order that declares slaves freed maybe more would escape the south and join the north. -
Black tuesday
Black Tuesday is the day that the new york stock exchange crashed as according to history "the stock market crash was commonly associated with the procurement of large debts, the slowing of American mass production led to billions being lost in one day." The crash affected every industrialized country at the time. the stock market crash started in new york and spread all over the earth. -
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WWII #1 1939-1941
"WW1 was the seminal catastrophe, WW2 was the seminal tragedy"-extra credits ww2 the seminal tragedy. The war started off with the German-soviet annexation of half of Poland. the war was everywhere well, technically not until 1941. the early years of the war included Britain, u.s(lend, lease), Soviet Russia Germany France Poland and the Commonwealth to name a few(I'll mention Italy and Japan when they do something). (the list of important dates show what happened as I ran out of characters). -
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WWII #2 1941-1943
Welcome to slide two. To start Americas pulled on the Nazi murdering train when the Japanese ordered the bombing of pearl harbour on Dec 7, that's the main event of 1941, the invasion of Stalingrad attempted invasion of Moscow and then the Soviets learn about winning, they proceeded to start pushing on the Germans, whilst America was rolling japan using "island hopping", most of the extermination camps were operating during this period. one last thing is development of the V-1/V-2 rockets -
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WWII #3 1942-1945
the v1/2 rockets roll of the german production line as america beats up the japanese, in late 1943 the german assault on stalingrad ends with a soviet victory. the soviets start winning a lot pushing germany out of poland as they retake occupied territory in crimea. then italy is invaded, and is pushed into joining the allies when... D-day happens and the allies liberate france pushing germany to surrender. then last but not least hiroshima and nagasaki get nuked causing the end of the war. -
Morgan v. Virginia
It occurred in Virginia when the Virginia state government unconstitutionally arrested a person of African American descent.(Irene morgan) The supreme court ruled against Virginia as in this situation the law allowing the segregation of buses conflicted with the tenth amendment in which it states any laws put into place by a state, if it conflicts with the American people, can be appealed to the supreme court. if they rule against the state, the law placed will be removed. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentencing for espionage
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were active members of the American communist party and were convicted because of this. Julius's brother, Davis Greenglass was convicted too, as he had secretly handed info to the soviets too, though he testified against his brother and only served ten years for the same charges. The judgement took place in the southern new York federal court. This is an example of the "red scare" which swept over the U.S. during the cold war. -
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Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a movement for social justice as the African American population were angered how the southern white people had treated them, even after the civil war. The "leader" and figurehead of the movement was Martin Luther King Jr. as he repeatedly swayed Congress to pass bills giving not only African Americans rights, but it also insured the rights of Japanese Americans. -
Founding of NASA
NASA (national aeronautics and space administration) was established with the "space act" signed by President Eisenhower in Washington d.c. NASA was established in response to the Soviet launched Sputnik, creating the space race. NASA's main goal was the expansion of human knowledge through the research of space/Aeronautics ( -
Yuri Gagarin (the first man in space)
Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut became the first man in space. The soviet union used this display to show the might of their rocket development. As the launch occurred it gave the U.S a renewed vigour which allowed them to beat the Soviets in the end -
the first landing on the moon
On the date listed below, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men on the moon. It was an amazing accomplishment for America as the U.S.S.R had finally fallen by the wayside as the space race ended. Some claim that this event cemented the Soviets fall from grace and eventual dissolution.
