After surface gold was discovered in the American River on January 24th, 1848, the California gold rush soon brought droves of “forty-niners” seeking their gold mining fortunes.

Parliament’s response to the Boston Tea Party was the coercive acts that burdened Boston Harbor and its population with intolerable British authority.

The 7th Cavalry was sent to disband ghost dance rituals performed by the Lakota tribe at Wounded Knee Creek. Tensions escalated when the Lakota chief died in custody and efforts to disarm one tribesman resulted in soldiers shooting innocent people.

The election of 1896 was pivotal for the gold standard as agrarian voters argued for a switch to silver. Voter turnout in 1896 was 79% and William McKinley won by a wide margin.

After tax on whiskey was levied in 1791, small American whiskey producers were heavily taxed, causing an uprising against collectors known as the whiskey rebellion.

Bleeding Kansas was a period of violent clashes between 1854 and 1861 in the newly-established Kansas territory over the national debate of slavery versus abolition.

The great society was a series of progressive programs undertaken by President Lyndon B. Johnson and Congress to eliminate racial discrimination, poverty, and other moral issues in America.