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Mayflower
Mayflower was a ship and set sail from Plymouth, a port on the southern coast of England. Typically, the Mayflower’s cargo was wine and dry goods, but in 1620, the ship carried passengers: 102 of them, all hoping to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic. Today, we often refer to the colonists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower as “Pilgrims.” -
The war of independence
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The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies was at war with Great Britain. They regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire, Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (February 1818[3] – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory[4] and incisive antislavery writing. -
The American Civil War
The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865. The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. The Seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, known as the "Confederacy" or the "South". The states that did not declare secession were known as the "Union" or the "North". -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States.[2] A Democrat, he was elected four times and served from March 1933 to his death in April 1945. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The war began in, after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and continued against the backdrop of an intense Cold War between two global superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Rosa Parks
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The Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
The murder of JFK
Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. A ten-month investigation from November 1963 to September 1964 by the Warren Commission concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald before he could stand trial -
Sidney Poitier
In 1964, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role in Lilies of the Field. -
The moon landing
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. -
Watergate
“Watergate” is a general term used to describe a complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974. The word specifically refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. The scandal was a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
The Million Man March
The Million Man March was a gathering en masse of African-Americans in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1995 -
Columbine
The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County in the State of Colorado. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed almost 3,000 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. -
The first black president
The first black president was Barack Obama. Barack Obama was elected President, making him the first African-American President of the United States. His victory made a powerful statement about how far the country has come on the issue of race. -
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street