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Oct 12, 1492
The Columbus Exploration
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. We all know the song. He was the first European sailor. His discovery led to more sailers to adventure out and discover the new world. -
Aug 8, 1508
First European Settlement
European settlers and oldest known European settlement in the United States was founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico, by Ponce de León. It will become the first capital of the Puerto Rico with Ponce de León as its governor. Caparra would become abandoned in the year 1521. -
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First Native, European War
The very first war between native Americans and Europeans between troops of Coronado and the Tiwa Indians. The Tiguex war happened close to Bernalillo, New Mexico against dozens of the pueblos tribes. -
Jamestown
The First English settlement is founded here in jamestown. It was founded in the north east bank in what would become virginia. The success of Jamestown would lead to more English settlements on the east coast. -
Harry Hudson Sails the Hudson
Henry Hudson, A man working for the Dutch, Sailed up the river into what is now modern day new york. The river would be named after him turning into the hudson river. Many more explorations would follow his -
Pocahontas to John Rolfe
The marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe helped continue Jamestown's history. This event was the first marrage between the settlers and the natives. This led to tobacco seeds to the colony and begin its harvesting this year. Their marriage led to eight years of peace among the colonists and Indians. -
Small Pox Infect Natives
The beginning of the end more most tribes was the introduction of sickness. Smallpox epidemic wipes out 90% of the Native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area. One of the many reasons for this is the natives did not have a built up immunity to the virus. This led to many getting sick and eventually whole tribes wiped out. -
Virginia Company's new Colony
The Virginia Company of London starts a new colony at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. Just twenty miles north of the Jamestown colony, coming with thirty-eight settlers. It becomes the foundation for the Berkeley Plantation. -
Puritan Expedition
The Puritan expedition left England in search for the New World. On September 6, they reach the area Cape Cod near Provincetown, not their original destination of Virginia. They explore the coastline for an appropriate settlement location to start their new life in hopes for a better opportunity -
Plymouth Rock
A landing party scans and searches the coast for a proper site for a settlement and begin to move the party to Plymouth Harbor. "Plymouth Rock was identified as the first solid land the Pilgrims set foot on." This was the beginning of the colonies -
Mayflower Compact
The Puritans begin to establish settlement in Plymouth. They write the Mayflower Compact, which makes a government and legal structure. During the next winter, half of the colonists would pass away due to sickness and cold weather. Fun fact the Site of the settlement had previously been the location of an Indian village that had been wiped out in 1617 by a plague. Interesting coincidence -
The first Thanksgiving celebration
The first Thanksgiving celebration is held in the autumn for three days between the Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe, who had helped them settle and plant the colony's land. This event would lead to one of the first great relationships between the natives and settlers. -
The Indian Massacre of 1622
The Indian Massacre of 1622 happens when Chief Opchanacanough and the Powhatan Confederacy tried to kill and remove the colony of settlers. Near three hundred people, were killed. That was about 1/3 of the total population -
Boston begins
Settlement of Boston is born when english man John Winthrop and one hundred and seventy-five of his men from the Massachusetts Bay Colony pick the Trimountain to harbor area to start their town. As we know boston would boom and become a leading port city for the colonist. -
Providence Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island is started as a colony by a man named Roger Williams two years after he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. "Its charter would be granted eight years later as a democratic colony believing in the separation of church and state" -
Harvard College is founded
Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first college to be established in North America. This was a major step in education. From here on out education was a vocal point for the colonists -
legalize slavery.
The Massachusetts colony becomes the first colony to legalize slavery. Slavery would spread around the country but big time in the south. This event is a beginning building block in the civil war -
Navigation Acts
"English Parliament passes the first in a series of Navigation Acts, banning use of anything but English ships in commerce with its colonies." These tax's would keep piling up and the colonist would soon revolt -
Pennsylvania is established
"The colony of Pennsylvania is established when William Penn signs a treaty with the Delaware Indians and pays for Pennsylvania lands." The colonies are slowly stating to come together and soon unite. -
First paper money
First paper money issued in North America by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, bills of credit to pay for their military expeditions in King William's War. This was a major step in connecting the colonist with similar money making it easier to buy and trade. -
The first newspaper
The first newspaper issue in the United States publishes in Boston, the Public Occurrences. It was suppressed after its first issue and the publication of a regular newspaper would not begin again until 1704. Newspaper would become the biggest news source in the colonies and really connect them with what is going on around the world. -
Plymouth and Massachusetts combine
The Plymouth colony joins the Massachusetts Bay Colony under a proclamation from King William III and Queen Mary II, losing its independence. -
Salem witch hunts
The Salem witch hunts, spurred by preaching, results in the arrest of one hundred and fifty people and the death of nineteen. These trials are still studied today. It is a very confusing time in our history and shows what pressure can do to man. -
Plan for intercolonial cooperation
William Penn, leader of the Pennsylvania colony, creates a plan for intercolonial cooperation, first colonial idea for combining colonies into one nation. This idea would stick around in the mind of the colonies and would soon become a reality in a big way. -
Jamestown is abandoned
Jamestown is abandoned after the statehouse is burned in 1698 with the colonial government moving to Middle Plantation, renamed soon after as Williamsburg. -
The Tuscarora War begins
The Tuscarora War begins in North Carolina between tribe of the Southern Tuscarora and their allies against the English and German colonists. Wars like this would start hatred between the natives and the colonist. This is one of the many reasons they were treated the way they were -
New York slave revolt
New York slave revolt results in six suicides and twenty-one executions. These events led many to believe that slaves should stay slaves. They didn't believe they could live on their own. -
Iron Act
"British Parliament enacts the Iron Act to protect their iron forges from American competition and control the iron trade in the colonies." The British were trying to make money to get out of war debt but soon enough would be enough -
Currency Act
British Parliament passes the Currency Act to control the use of paper money in the New England colonies and plantations. -
The Lightning Rod
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod after earlier in the year proving that lightning was electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. This event would lead to major technological advancements and really grows his popularity -
Indian war ends
French and Indian War ends with peace treaty that cedes Canada and the American Midwest to English. This signals and effectively tightens the control of Great Britain's colonial administration of North America. They were in major war debt and believed that the colonist didnt help alot in the war. This leads to unfixable conflict -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act places a duty on various commodities, including lumber, food, molasses, and rum in the British colonies. The colonist would revolt and protest against the acts. This upset the British beyond belief -
Stamp Act
"British Parliament passes the Stamp Act regulations to pay for British troops in the American colonies and cover debts incurred in the French and Indian War." This is a tax that would effected almost everything the americans used. -
Boston Massacre
One of the biggest events in American history and what many believe to be the start of the war. British troops fire into a crowd of Americans. News spreads across the colonies and anger and tensions rise. This leads to even more protests and groups like the sons of liberty attacking British guards -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts put taxes on goods like paper, glass and tea. Normal items that everyday Americans used. It was repealed by British parliament, except for the one on tea, continuing to raise anger in America. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty's most famous action. They stormed in broad daylight and dumped millions of dollars of tea into boston harbor. The Boston Tea Party caused Parliament to close the port of Boston and pushed the American colonies one step closer to war. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, Brought back the Quartering Act, making colonists allow British soldiers into their homes. The laws are forced by the British government as troops were sent to enforce strict laws. This led to the 3rd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the U.S. Army from doing the same. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress is held in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, protesting the Intolerable Acts. All colonies attended except Georgia. They wanted to petitioned King George to stop the new regulations on Massachusetts, and called for "civil disobedience" and boycotts of British laws and taxes.No concessions were made by the King or English parliament. -
Shot heard round the world
"Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night, warning patriots that the British were coming to Concord to destroy arms." The next day, 8 Minutemen were killed at Lexington and the British took 273 casualties on their return from Concord, starting the American Revolution. This was a culmination of the months prior, as colonists began to gather arms and powder if fighting the British became necessary. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence wrote by Thomas Jefferson and his committee, is accepted in the Second Continental Congress of the United States of America, held in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was influenced by many writers, including John Locke. It stated that "man had the natural right to change or overthrow the government that denied their rights." -
Christmas Attack
General Washington and his 2,400 troops cross the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey on Christmas Day to launch a surprise attack from 4 p.m. until 4 a.m. the next morning and destroy 1,400 Hessians in the 1st Battle of Trenton, capturing 900 men. This event was a major motivational boost for all the American army -
Trenton
General Washington and the 7,000 man Continental Army defeats British General Charles Cornwallis at Princeton, New Jersey. This battle, combined with that of Trenton one week earlier, impressed upon other European nations that the Americans could combat the British Army. -
Stars and Stripes
The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag. It would later fly on the battlefield for the first time on September 3rd at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware. The known symbol for the United States of America is born. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union are picked up by the Continental Congress in Independence Hall. It becomes the first constitution of the United States. -
France gets involved
After a huge win for the Americans during a battle in the revolutionary war the France take notice. They decided to get in and help the colonies get their independence from great Brittan and join forces. This is the major turning point in the war. -
recognition of U.S. independence.
British Parliament agrees to the see the U.S.as a independent nation . A peace treaty, later called the "Treaty of Paris" is signed between American and British officials in Paris on November 30.America is born and start their journey as a free country -
Treaty of Paris
In Paris, France, John Adams leads an American delegation and signs the peace treaty officially ending the Revolutionary War between the United States and Britain. -
Daniel Shays, revolt
In Massachusetts, six hundred debt-ridden farmers, led by Daniel Shays, revolt against high Massachusetts taxes. Faced with jail time and the loss of their farms for not paying their debts, they join in Shays' Rebellion, but it fails when state militia takes over. -
George Washington is elected
George Washington is elected unanimously by the Electoral College as the 1st President of the United States. People are elected for the house of representative's and Senate. The government we know today is born -
first State of the Union address
The first State of the Union address is given by first president George Washington. It was given in New York City in the Senate Chamber of Federal Hall. -
First President to live in the White House
U.S. President John Adams is the first President to live in the White House, also known at the time as the Executive Mansion. sixteen days later, the United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C. He would be defeated for the presidency by December 6 by Thomas Jefferson. -
Thomas Jefferson is elected as the 3rd president
Thomas Jefferson is elected as the 3rd president of the United States in a vote of the House of Representatives after tying Aaron Burr in the electoral college with 73 electors. Election rules corrected in the 12th amendment -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States got a total of 828,000 sq mi. -
Lewis and Clark
Ordered by Thomas Jefferson to map the Northwest United States, Lewis and Clark begin their expedition from St. Louis. The journey starts with navigation of the Missouri River. Their findings would lead to major expansion out west -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The battle of Tippecanoe, Indian warriors under the order of Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa, known as the Prophet, are defeated by William Henry Harrison, the governor of Indiana. -
White House Burned
During the war of 1812 the british stormed the capitol. They ran into the white house took valuables and burned it to the ground. The only other time that the capitol was taken over was the revolutionary war. This led to a bunch of ticked off americans and a brutal end to the war for the british. -
First Railroad
The first carrier of people and freight was the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, completed on February 28, 1827. It wasn't until Christmas Day, 1830, when the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company completed the first mechanical passenger train, that the railroad was born. -
Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as president
Lincoln is sworn into office. This is one of the biggest elections in us history. The south was upset that lincoln won and decided to leave the union. They thought lincoln would end slavery and they didn't want that. They wanted independence. What followed was a war -
Battle of Bull Run
The first Battle of Bull Run at Manassas, Virginia begins. This is the very first battle of the civil war. People gathered waiting to see the north end the war instantly. What followed was a surprising south victory. The country knew they were in for a long drawn out war. -
The Homestead Act
The homestead act is approved. The law allowed any man no matter what color a opportunity in the west. It offered free land to try and help grow the west in population and power. This led to a more powerful and spread out country. -
Gettysburg
Three full days of none stop battle around the town of Gettysburg , with over 150,000 troops. With over 51,000 dead, wounded, or missing, the Battle of Gettysburg, on the farm fields of central Pennsylvania, proved to be the "high water mark of the Confederacy" and the last major push of Confederate forces into Union territory. -
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.. five days after the signing at Appomattox of the Confederate surrender. The shot was fired by a man named John Wilkes Booth, during the play. This was the first presidential assassination -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is probably one of if not the biggest ones we have in our constitution. It ended slavery once and for all freeing all the slaves in the country. This does led to a lot of former slaves without homes and jobs however causing a whole lot of other problems. -
transcontinental railroad is finished
One of the biggest projects in US history. This project connected the whole country of the us from east to west. This made trade and products easier to get and got travel down by an insane amount. Basically a time machine. -
The Klu Klux Klan
The Klu Klux Klan is formed at the height of african american abuse. After slavery was destroyed a lot of black rights were taken away. Many didn't have a say in the country or court. This led to groups attacking and killing many. -
United States census
Plans for the United States census begin using an "automated tabulating machine with punch cards invented by Herman Hollerith". It was a historic moment in the history of computing; Hollerith's company eventually became IBM. -
Dayton Tattler
Wilbur and Orville Wright print the "Dayton Tattler" in their own print shop in Dayton, Ohio. The paper was the start of Paul Laurence Dunbar, an African American poet. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island in New York Harbor opens as the main east coast immigration center, and would remain the initial check in point for European immigrants into the United States until it is closed in 1954. Over 12 million immigrants would be processed on the island during that span. Ellis Island replaced Castle Garden, in Manhattan, as New York immigration center. -
Plessy V Fergsuon
Supreme Court decision holds that racial segregation is constitutional, paving the way for the repressive Jim Crow laws in the South. This is the planting seeds for the eventual civil rights movement in the 50s -
Subway
The era of the subway begins when the first underground public transportation in North America opens in Boston, Massachusetts.This is revolutionary as people can get to work and places faster. -
Blockade of Cuba
The blockade of Cuba begins when the United States Navy helps forces inside Cuba. Multiple days later the USA declares war on Spain, backdating its declaration to April 20. On May 1, 1898, the United States Navy destroys the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. On June 20, the U.S. would take over Guam. -
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully fly the first sustained and manned plane flight, taking the air machine through the skys of Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, and begin the age of flying transportation. The plane, "mechanically propelled with a petroleum engine" flew 120 feet in 12 seconds, and on the same day they flew it again. This time it went 852 feet in 59 seconds. They would patent the Airplane three years later -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt wins his first election for President after serving three years in the office due to the death of William McKinley. He defeats Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker, 336 to 140 in the Electoral College vote. He would rise in popularity with the citizens but the republican party didnt like how they could not control him -
Lochner vs. New York
In the ruling of Lochner vs. New York, the ten hour work day law and sixty hour work week law for bakers is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Work rule laws are routinely overturned until the West Coast Hotel Company vs. Parrish case in 1937. -
Protection to Indian ruins
President Theodore Roosevelt gives protection to Indian ruins and authorizes designated lands with historic and scientific features as national monuments. This act, now known as the Antiquities Act which teddy used to expand national parks. -
RMS Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania, the largest ship at the time, is launched on its maiden voyage from London to New York. The ship would be sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 during World War I, costing 1,198 people their lives. -
first passenger flight
Technology is rapidly moving forward at the start of the 20th century as the first passenger flight on a plane occurs when Wilbur Wright escorts Charles W. Furnas in the Wright Flyer III at Huffman Prairie Flying Field in Dayton, Ohio. -
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500 race is run for the first time in Indianapolis, Indiana. The race is won by Ray Harroun in the Marmon Wasp. This event would go on to be one of the biggest motor events in america as it is still going till this day. -
The first moving assembly line
The first moving assembly line is introduced and adopted for mass production by the Ford Motor Company, allowing automobile construction time to decrease by almost 10 hours per vehicle. This invention would make the automobile more affordable. -
Panama Canal
The first ship passes through the Panama Canal after the United States finishes construction after ten years. The canal would be available to everyone and would drastically reduce shipping time -
Neutral war
President Woodrow Wilson announces that the United States will stay officially neutral in the European conflict that would turn into World War I. They didn't want to become an enemy to any of their allies -
Virgin Islands
The United States purchases the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million and would take possession of the islands on March 31 of the next year. -
World War I.
Four days after President Woodrow Wilson makes a request to join the war efforts, United States Congress declares war on Germany and join the allies in World War I. -
first troops
The first troops from the United States arrive in Europe to help European allies in World War I. They helped European nations help defeat the rising threat that was germany. -
The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment, advocating prohibition of alcoholic beverages throughout the United States, is sent to the states for passage by the United States Congress. Funny enough more alcohol would be consumed as bootleggers would sell it across the country -
Paris Peace Conference
"Hostilities in World War I begin to end with the Austria-Hungary alliance for armistice with the allies on November 3". Armistice Day with Germany begins when the Allies and the German nation sign an agreement in France. Woodrow Wilson would become the first U.S. President to travel to Europe while in office when he sails to attend the Paris Peace Conference on December 4. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I. This treaty would enforce harsh acts on Germany eventually leading to the rise of another harsh dictator. -
Major League Scandal
The first major scandal in Major League Baseball and probably the most well known, and to this day, the worst, nine players from the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. It is known as the Black Sox Scandal with player Shoeless Joe Jackson banned from the game and Hall of Fame forever. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations is established after with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the fighting of the World War. In a final vote, the United States Senate votes against joining the League. -
19th Amendment
Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage. Also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, in recognition of her important campaign to win the right to vote. -
Film motion picture
The first sound on film motion picture Phonofilm is show in the Rivoli Theatre in New York City by Lee de Forest. This would eventually be the birth of movies and film industry -
designated citizens
All Indians are designated citizens by legislation passed in the U.S. Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge. The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States. -
Radiovision
Radiovision is born. The precursor to television is demonstrated by Charles Francis Jenkins when he transmits a 10 minute film of synchronized pictures and sound for five miles from Anacostia to Washington, D.C. to representatives of the United States government. -
first radio broadcast.
The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast. Radio would dominate the news world for decades as everyone would rely on it for their news -
NBC
The NBC Radio Network is formed by Westinghouse, General Electric, and RCA, opening with twenty-four stations. To this day NBC is one of the largest broadcasting networks on the planet -
television
"First success in the invention of television occurs by American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth." The television system would be patented three years later. T.V would grow slowly over the next few years and would eventually pick up steam in the 50s -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. This would grow to be one of the biggest events in flying history. Unfortunately Amelia would go missing just a few years later -
1929 Stock Market crash.
Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash. The falling stocks led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst depression in the nation's history. banks would close and millions would lose their life savings resulting in people taking their lives -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent President Hoover in the presidential election for his first of four terms. He beats him in a dominate victory, 472 Electoral College votes to 59. The Nation now looked to him to get them out of the great depression. -
New Deal
The New Deal is passed by the United States Congress in a one hundred day session to address the growing economic problems caused by the depression. The hope was for the deal to great jobs and grow the economy out of the giant hole that was dug. -
War of the Worlds
Radio was huge back in the 30s. Basically everyone got their news from it but not all news is real. A nationwide scare develops when Orson Welles broadcasts his War of the Worlds radio drama, which included fake news bulletins stating that a Martian invasion had begun on earth. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes launch a surprise attack on the United States destroying the Pacific Fleet stationed at the base. This attack took the lives of 1,177 sailor and marines as well as damage to twenty-one naval ships, One day later, the United States declares war on Japan, officially entering World War II. -
D-Day
"D-Day, occurs when one hundred and fifty-five thousand Allied troops, including American forces and those of eleven other Allied nations (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, and the United Kingdom) land in France". The Allies stormed the beaches for days to weaken the nazi reign in europe. -
G.I. Bill of Rights
The G.I. Bill of Rights is signed into law, providing benefits to veterans. This gave veterans an opportunity at free collage and other benefits to show respects. -
Atomic bomb
After many attempts by the US asking for Japan to surrender, Truman gets approval by the government to drop the atomic bomb. The US would drop a second one a few days later forcing the Japanese to surrender -
Segregation in the United States military
Executive Order 9981 was passed ending the segregation laws in the United States military. This is a key stepping stone to Black America seeking more rights. -
NATO
NATO is formed. Countries that joined would be Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, as well as the USA and Canada. An attack on one of these countries would be viewed as an attack on all -
Korean War
he Korean War begins its three year battle after troops from North Korea backed up with Soviet weaponry decide to invade South Korea and force communism on them. This frightens the USA and leats to their involvement when the United States Air Force and Navy are ordered to the korean peninsula. The Battle would be a teeter totter war and eventually leading korea to split into 2 -
Racial segregation in public schools
Racial segregation in public schools is voted as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Brown vs.the Board of Education. The ruling stated it violated the 14th amendment which everything had to be equal. Black public schools were not getting the care they should. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks a middle aged black women decides to not give up her seat to a white man. She is arrested for her acts starting the bus boycott. This would go on for over a year and eventually the government would desegregate the buses -
Explorer I
The Space race was heating up after russia just sent the first satellite into space. The USA wasn't far behind however as they sent Explorer I into space -
Woolworth lunch
Four college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter protesting their denial of service. It gained national attention and only fueled the fire on the civil rights movement -
Bay of Pigs invasion
A surprise attack launched by USA trained cuban exhiles to overthrow the cuban communist government is failed after president JFK refused to send in US backup in fear that russia would be mad at their involvement -
Cuban Missile Crises
After reports of missile launch stations set up in cuba president JFK orders a Navel blockade of cuba to stop the soviets' from delivering the weapons. After refusing to leave the US shoots a warning shot. This is the closest the world has come to nuclear war. -
I Have a Dream
The Civil Rights march on Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom and best known for Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Over 200,000 people participated and millions more watched from home and listened on radio. Thus event is what secured equal rights. -
John F. Kennedy Assassination
In Dallas Texas during a motorcade through downtown President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn into office later that day. -
The Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed into law and given equal and fair voting rights to all US citizens. If any state is caught trying to take away someone's vote because of race or religion they lose representatives in the US government.
