Rivendell 4th History Exam time line
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im-awesome on May 31, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
1846-1848 | Mexican American War |
1845-1848 | Irish potato famine in Ireland many immigrate to the U.S |
1838 | 13,000-17,000 Cherokee Indian forced to march in Trail of Tears |
1821 | Mexico wins its independence from Spain |
1837-1901 | Victoria rules as Queen of England |
1844 | Samuel Morse sends famous telegraph message |
1836 | Charles Darwin visits Australia |
1853-1854 | Commodore Perry negotiates trading agreements with Japan, ending its isolation |
1860 | Garibaldi takes Sicily & Naples |
1854 | Florence Nightingale organizes an army hospital at Scutari |
1869 | Transcontinental Railroad is completed |
1863 | Battle of Gettysburg |
1819 | Grand Columbia is formed and Simon Bolivar is made President |
1812 | The United States declares war on Britain |
1789 | The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille in Paris |
1803 | Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory to the United States |
1815 | The "Hundred Days" are ended by the Battle of Waterloo |
1801 | John Marshall becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
1869 | The Suez Canal is completed |
1871 | The Great Chicago fire |
1879 | Thomas Edison invents the light bulb |
1884-1885 | Berlin Conference regulates European colonialism in Africa |
1881 | Booker T. Washington helps found the Tuskegee Institute |
1892 | First immigrants arrive on Ellis Island, beginning the mass immigration of the 20th century |
1896 | William Jennings Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" speech wins him support from Populists |
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