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The Good Times
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Civil War
Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter, starting the American Civil War. -
Lincoln Assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln was Assasinated at Petersen House by John Wilkes Booth. -
Entrance into World War I
The United States declares war on Germany due to unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram -
Stock Market Crash
On Black Tuesday all the investors in the stock market went to get their money out of the banks and the banks just rapidly declined and then ran out of money -
Holocaust
Nazi persecution of the Jews in Germany began at this time, but the mass murder began in 1941 -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs American base Pearl Harbor and causes America to enter World War 2 -
Hiroshima bombing
The United States wanted to end WW2 and saw no other option but to bomb Japan or have a giant land attack, but a land attack would cause too many casualty deaths on both sides. -
Korean War
The US got involved in the fight between North and South Korea because we wanted to stop the spread of communism. -
Brown v Board of education
showed that black segregated public schools was unconstitional -
Sputnik
first artificial earth satelite and was launched by the Soviet Union. Caused the space racemand sparked the start of the cold war -
Bay of Pigs
an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
13 day confrintation between Soviet Union and Cuba, and the US on the other. Some refer to it as being the closest dispute that almost caused a nuclear conflict. -
JFK is assassinated
JFK was assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Assassination of MLK
MLK was killed -
Vietnam War
A Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981), after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. -
Election of Ronald Reagan
He won the election by a landslide with 489 electoral votes. The united states hostages were released on the day of his innaguration, making him look cool, when in reality he was the man who negotiated with terrorist. -
1st Gulf War
war waged on Iraq for the invasion of Kuwait -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The world watched amazed as the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 seperate countries -
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton is accused of cheating on Hilary and lies under oath. Is impeached for perjury and abuse of power -
9/11
series of 4 coordinated terrorist attacks by terrorist group Al-Quadea on NY, and Washington DC. -
USA PATRIOT ACT
The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, significantly reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies' gathering of intelligence within the United States. Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 -
The War in Afghanistan
refers to the intervention in the Afghan Civil War by the United States and its allies -
Invasion of Iraq
signaled the start of the conflict that later came to be known as the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States. -
Election of Barack Obama
Eliminated racial barriers when he was elected
