TIMELINE 1820s- 1930s (related to narratives), Map
Septima M.
Collins born in
1842
Missouri
Compromise
1820
Thomas F.
Pendel born in
Franklin A. Buck
was born in
A Compromise
Tariff Act is
passed
1833
1846
Emma F.
LeConte was
born in
1848
1824
1849 - California
Gold Rush
begins
Compromise of
1850 passed
1854 - KansasNebraska Act;
nullified
Missouri
Compromise
1857 - Tariff of
1857
Dred Scott v.
Sandford 60 US
393 1857
declares that
blacks are not
citizens of the
United States
and cannot sue
Abraham
Lincoln
inaugurated as
sixteenth
president of the
United States
1861
South Carolina's
Fort Sumter
attacked- The
War Begins.
April 1861
Freedmen's
Bureau
abolished.
1872
re-elected.
1864
The Civil Rights
Act
The United
States has
about 50,000
telephones
1880
Burning of
Columbia,
South Carolina
February 17,
1865
Franklin A.
Buck's narrative
was published
1930
1902
March 1, 1875
Abraham
Lincoln is
Thomas F.
Pendel's
narrative was
published
Septima M.
Collins
narrative was
published
18th
Amendment
prohibits sale of
beer, wine,
liquor Prohibition
1920
1929 - Stock
market crash on
'Black Thursday'
triggers the
Great
Depression
1889
1932 - Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt wins
Presidential
election
Emma F.
LeConte's
narrative was
published
1938
1939 - Clark
Gable stars in
movie "Gone
With the Wind"
Abraham
Lincoln was
assassinated.
April 14, 1865
1820’s
1830’s
1840’s
1850’s
1860’s
1870 – 1899
19 year span
1900 – 1929
19 year span
Dates related to narrators GREEN TEXT
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TIMELINE 1820s- 1930s (related to narratives), Map
Septima M. Collins
Baltimore,
Maryland
Thomas F. Pendel
Washington, DC
Franklin A. Buck
Weaverville, California
Emma F. LeConte
Columbia, South Carolina
Compiled by Teaching with Primary Sources Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Last update January, 2013
Disclaimer: Content created in partnership with the TPS Program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress or Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.