CALIFORNIA
GOLD RUSH
When gold was discovered in 1848,
BATTLER OF
A N T I E TA M
W A S T H E B L O O D I E S T S I N G L E D AY I N
A M E R I C A N H I S T O R Y, W I T H M O R E T H A N
6 , 0 0 0 U N I O N A N D C O N F E D E R AT E
S O L D I E R S K I L L E D O R M O R TA L LY
WOUNDED
A N T I E TA M W A S T H E M O S T I M P O R TA N T
A N T I E TA M E N D E D T H E
CONFEDERACYS BEST CHANCE FOR
FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
T H E B AT T L E R A L L O W E D A B R A H A M
R E S O U N D I N G D E F E AT I N M I D T E R M
ELECTION
HOMESTEAD
STRIKE
B AT T L E B E T W E E N S T R I K E R S A N D
P R I V AT E S E C U R I T Y A G E N T S O N J U LY 6 ,
1892
W H I L E T H E H O M E S T E A D E V E N T U A L LY
L O S T I T S B AT T L E , T H E Y M A N A G E D T O
TA K E C O N T R O L O F T H E T O W N A N D T H E
PLANT FROM ONE OF THE UNITED
S TAT E S L A R G E S T C O M PA N I E S F O R
FOUR MONTHS, EVOKING THE
S Y M PAT H Y A N D S O L I D A R I T Y O F
A C T I V I S T S N AT I O N W I D E .
ALBERT EINSTEIN
LETTER TO FDR
T O L D F D R T H AT U R A N I U M C A N B E
U S E T O C R E AT E N U C L E A R B O M B S
T H E R E S U LT: T H E U . S . D R O P P E D A
THE GREAT
DEPRESSION
FDR INTRODUCED PROGRAMS BETWEEN 1933
S T R I C T T R A D I N G A N D B A N K I N G R E G U L AT I O N S
E X PA N D E D R O L E O F G O V E R N M E N T
M A S S M I G R AT I O N PAT T E R N S E M E R G E D D U R I N G
T H E G R E AT D E P R E S S I O N , W I T H P O P U L AT I O N S
SHIFTING FROM RURAL AREAS TO URBAN
CENTERS.