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The Arikara War
In 1823, the Arikara War is noted as the first Plains Indian War between the United States and the western Native Americans. -
Abraham Lincoln dies
The sixteenth president of the united states was shot and killed on April 11, 1865. -
Completion of first transcontinental railroad
Connecting the two American coasts made the economic export of Western resources to Eastern markets easier than ever before. The railroad also facilitated westward expansion. -
Woman Gain Rights
1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
The great depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in US history. 1929 signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. By 1933, unemployment was at 25 percent and more than 5,000 banks had gone out of business. -
The Holocaust
the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews. About 2/3 of jewish population was killed. -
Pearl harbor
Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. -
Columbine
Horrific shooting killing 15 students including the perpetrators, one of the first major shooting and started a movement until this day. -
9/11
four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast to California. 2,996 people died in the attacks. -
Covid-19
A pandemic declared on March 11, 2020 by the World Health Organization. Hundreds of thousands of death have been caused by this virus and to this day vaccinations are being given out and people are being treated for this virus.