Civics Timeline Nov.14 JH
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- 1886 - war of the roses
- politics was the theme govenors race Rep- Alfred Taylor (red rose) Democrat- Bob Taylor both got to be gov both from east tn
- 1865 - civil war ends
- destroyed TN-not Va or TN military action the most significant outcome of the war was slaves
- 1860 - Abraham Lincoln president
- first republican divided the US opposed slavery name not on ballot won due to democrats spillted into 3
- 1914 - world war 1 begins
- in europe us wanted to stay neutral
- 1864 - battle of franklin
- union army destroyed conf. had target points in TN been taken over by union army
- 1933 - TVA established
- tenn valley authority 1 program neutral a way to conserve natural energy electricity on the TN river
- 1897 - tn centenial celebration and first sufferage convention
- 100 yr b-day of TN & our recovery from civil war contennial park parthenon bulit for greek heritage 1st state convention on womens rights to vote (meriwether)
- 1875 - State Board of Education
- prior to this TN education system was set up in the countires not state
- 1929 - stock market crashed great depression begins
- to many products werent buying No one Us or outside banks closing,loosing jobs,drought Black Thrusday stock market crashed Oct 24,1929 Public school employees no pay
- 1945 - World War 2 ends
- lifted america out of great depression brought more jobs
- 1918 - World War 1 ends
- World War 1 ends
- 1917 - us enters WW1
- german attacked US shipping TN furnished 100,000 (Alvin York)-leader
- 1866 Tn re-enters union
- TN last to get out of first one to get back in 14 admendment gave slaves citizenship ku klax klux lan orginated in pulaski,TN-secret social group a combat bared after war-later turned a group against blacks voting
- 1909 - state wide pro-habition law passed
- 1919 prohibition in Us ( moonshine) 1933 repealed in Tn very emotional issue
- 1978 - Lamar Alexander, Governor
- . Made a better schools program and was responsible for bringing Nissan to Tennessee.
- 1905 - state flag adopted
- 3 white stars represent 3 divisions of TN (east,west,middle)
- 1965 - Voting Rights Act
- . Blacks could register to vote.
- 1870 - state consitutional convention
- black made right to vote poll tax must pay a tax to vote and the money would go to education really bad for poor people slaves were free some stayed to work for them
- 1992 - Al Gore, Jr. V.P.
- Elected V.P. to president Clinton.
- 1932 - franklin d roosevelt pres
- new deal a program to get the americans out of the Great Depression social secuirty
- 1968 - Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. assainated
- . Memphis assaination on the balcony of the Lorraine motel.
- 1925 - scopes monkey trial
- john butler macon county introduced a bill to have only biblical taught in public schools Rhea County Thomas Scopes taught evolution and was arrested tried in dayton,TN guilty and charged $100 fine he got arrsted and went to court the judge wasnt supposed to set the fine jury did
- 1954 - Brown vs Board of Education
- . Sued school board and won. Integration, blacks and whites go to the same school.
- 1861- Ft. Sumpter attacked, civil war begins and Tn seceds from union.
- conf-southern tn,ga,fl,ms,la,tx,sc union- northern 100,000 conf. soldiers 30,000 union soldiers
- 1920 - Tn ratifies 19 amendment
- women give the right to vote Tn played a major role having several key women leading
- 1953 - Constitutional Convention
- , poll tax eliminated and governors term went from 2 to 4 years.
- 1922 - Austin Peay govenor
- defeated Alf Taylor Tn was over $3million in dept After 2 1/2 terms died on the 3rd got us out of dept
- 1941 - US enters world war 2
- japense attacked pearl harbor declare war japan german and italy 90,000 tn's served WW2 secret atomic bomb
- 1863 - battle of look out mt
- union army drove conf. out of chatt. sam davis (21) conf. scout captured and hung in pulaski,tn said he would rather die