APLang US History

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  • Columbus "discovered" America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus "discovered" America

  • Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower

    Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower

  • Declaration of Independence

  • First Elected President of the US

    First Elected President of the US

    George Washington
  • The Constitution

    The Constitution

  • War of 1812

    Congress declared war on Britain
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    Civil War

  • Slavery Abolished

  • Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

    Lincoln made it clear that he blamed the Civil War on the conflict of slavery

  • 14th Amendment

    In the US Constitution, and states that all people with US citizenship have equal rights

  • Trail of Tears

  • US Enters WWI

    US Enters WWI

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    Great Depression

    A worldwide economic depression that took place partially due to the roaring 20s, the dustbowl, the smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, and the Stock market crash
  • "Black Thursday"

    "Black Thursday"

    New York Stock Exchange Collapses

  • Winston Churchill's Speech to The House of Commons

    Eulogy to the British War effort
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japanese forces attack the US at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, pushing the US into WWII
  • Japanese internment Camps

    Japanese internment Camps

  • End of WWII

    End of WWII

    The US drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (in Japan)
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    Cold War

    The fight between the USA and USSR through political and economic actions
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    Civil Rights Movement

  • Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" Speech

    Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" Speech

    He called for an end to racism in the United States in this speech
  • "In The Strawberry Fields", by Eric Schlosser

    "In The Strawberry Fields", by Eric Schlosser

    This article looks at the US's dependence on immigrant workers in much of American agriculture and the consequences of living in a low wage economy

  • 9/11

  • 2008 Market Crash

    Worst single day market crash in history. Dropped 7%, or 778 points.