20 Major Events In U.S. History

  • Women Gain Rights

    Women are now allowed to vote just like men
  • Prohibition

    Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
  • The Spirit Of Saint Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh
  • The Empire State Building

    The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
  • Prohibition

    Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. He acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering.
  • First Man In Space

    Jr., America s first man in space, poses in the Mercury space craft in 1961.
  • Civil Rights Act

    A landmark civil rights and U.S. labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • Bill Clinton

    42nd President of the United States
  • Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1
  • Columbine Shooting

    The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Littleton in the Denver metropolitan area.
  • 9/11

    a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
  • DC Sniper

    The D.C. sniper attacks were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002, in the states of Maryland and Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
  • Iraq War

    The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein, in breach of international law.
  • Virginia Tech Massacre

    The Virginia Tech Shooting was a school shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007 at West Ambler Johnston Hall and Norris Hall at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, Virginia. ... The massacre is the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
  • Plane In Hudson

    Piloted by Captain Chesley Sullenberger, made an emergency landing in the Hudson River after departure from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, sending passengers fleeing for safety in frigid waters on Jan. 15, 2009.