Immigration graph

1821-1830

+1823:Texas tries to populate try selling land to New mexican settlers

-1826:The spanish had taken over their king and the revolution ended

+1830-Germans want bread , lower taxes/rent causes violence to break out

1831-1840

+1831:Plague in Baghdad

+1833:Japan had a crop failure , people are dying.

+1839:United states rail way increase/cotton factories increase

1841-1850

+1848: California , New Mexico and Texas are now part of the United States.

+1848:Uprise in Paris ,Germany and Austrila over taxes .

+1848:Gold Rush in California

1851-1860

+1853: Japan Government signs a treaty with the United States .

+1854: Britan , France and Russia are at war.

+1855: Much of Japan's capital is destroyed by an earthquake.

1861-1870

+1863-Procramation becomes a law.

+1869: Savu has a smallpox epidemic.

+1867: First all African American colleges in the United States.

1871-1880

+1874: Germany has a SmallPox Epidemic.

+1876: Drought in India , China and Brazil , which caused 30 million deaths from starvation and diease.

+1877: Roughly 27 percent of Americans are unemployed.San Fransico's wealthy are hiring the Chinese

1881-1890

+1882:Chinese Exclusion Act passed in the U.S.

+1882:Alexander III expels Jews from Moscow.

+1890:Economy in Europe is bad; British investors sell US stocks for money.

1891-1900

+1893:Reading Railroad crashes financially, damaging the US economy.

+1898:Spanish American War begins.

+1898:In India and China, the Bubonic Plague begins to kill what will be 3 million people.

1901-1910

+1907:President Theodore Roosevelt develops the Pure Food and Drug Act.

+1907:8% of the homes in the U.S. have electricity.

1911-1920

+1911:An arms race between Germany and France begins.

+1914:Germany declares war on Russia.

+1916:Britain's naval blockade of Germany is causing starvation, prices in Europe are skyrocketing and transportation in Russia is failing to deliver to major cities.

1921-1930

+1921:Famine spreads to the Volga region.

1931-1940

+1931:Farmers aren't getting enough money for their crops; people do not have enough to purchase things, many people aren't getting enough to eat.

+1931:Flooding begins in China (to be called the deadliest natural disaster).

+1931: Japanese troops advance through Manchuria (described as the WWII).

+1931:Britain and Japan go off of the Gold Standard.

1941-1950

+1941:Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

+1942:Gas rationing across the nation start

+1943:Meat and cheese rationing begins

1951-1960

+1953:Beginning of recession

+1954:Recession ends

+1955: Increased consumer spending

1961-1970

+1961:Minimum wage set to $1.25 per hour.

+1963:President Kennedy assassinated

+1966:Protests against Vietnam war held in numerous cities nationwide

1971-1980

+1971:President Nixon signs $25 billion tax cut

+1972:Social Security bill signed by President

+1976:Minimum wage set to $2.30 per hour

1981-1990

+1982:Unemployment at 10.8% (highest since 1940)

+1982:Federal tax on gas increased by 5 cents

+1985:43,000 farms are bankrupt

1991-2000

+1992:General Motors announces closing of 21 plants in U.S.

+1998:Congress approves $80 billion tax cut

+1999: Poverty rate decreases to 12.7%

1851-1860

1841-1850