Module 2: 1877 - 1915 Timeline PreviousNext Listen

Prospector in the desert with horse and two burros, 1880-1910. Photograph of a prospector (Edward La Mamlarin (or Mamlain) who was raised in Calico, California) walking in the Mojave Desert, with a saddled horse and two pack donkeys, 1880-1910. Wooden cross-buck pack saddles with soft cargo lashed. They are following the ruts of a wagon. The flat landscape visible behind them is covered with scrub bush and scrub grass. In the distance is a hill at the base of which is a building. In the distant background are mountain ranges. By Brickey, Public Domain.

Throughout this course we will be using this Timeline to re-think U.S. history and to compile information to help support your journey through the content and learning activities within the course. The overall goal of this activity is to make a collective U.S. History from 1865 Timeline that is based on the topics, issues, events, and people that interestyou.

For this module, please complete the following activities:

Documenting the Era of Expansion and Imperialism

• Read through chapters 16-21 of theUnited States History II online textbookand chapters 16-20 ofThe American Yawpcollective history text, making notes of events and individuals in these chapters that particularly interest you.
• As you complete the readings,please add at least one key event or individual to the Historic Timeline.
  • Title beginning with the date(s) when the event occurred (Year - Month -Day) and including a short description about the person or event
  • A summary explaining who was involved, where the event took place, and how it affected domestic and global perspectives of the nation.
  • Limit your entries to events that occurred between 1877 and 1915.
  • Do not duplicate entries.If a classmate already has written about the Chinese Exclusion Act, for instance, please do not duplicate that entry. Choose a different one.
  • Make sure that you place the source where you gathered this information in parentheses at the end of your entry.

Personalizing History Project - Hometown History

• This activity is related to the work you are to complete in the M2 Personalizing History Project.
• In that assignment, you are asked to gather some information and do some research about your communitywhich might be the borough, neighborhood, or town in which you grew up or where you live currently.
• Choose one historic detail about your community from that assignment, and add it to this Timeline.
• Make sure to place the source where you gathered this information in parentheses at the end of your entry.