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American Civil War
The American Civil War was when the principal cause of the war was the status of slavery in the United States, especially over territories. -
Homestead Act
An act by the government in which they could take their land and public domain. -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
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Reconstruction
The Reconstruction era was a period from 1865 to 1877,which the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states. -
14th amendment
the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
This was a railroad that made traveling possible for the first time during history. -
Industrialization Begins to Boom
This was when industrialization began to grow and it became popular among all the people. -
15th amendment
The 15th amendment in Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote. -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
He was an American Politian that was mostly known for being the boss of the Tammany halls during 1871. -
Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell was the one who invented the telephone for a faster way for anyone to communicate. -
Reconstruction Ends
This was when the president promised to remove federal troops from the south and end the time that was known as Reconstruction. -
Gilded Age 1877-1890
The Gilded Age was a fast and economic growth in the Northern and Western United States. -
Jim Crow Laws Start in South
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Light Bulb Invented
Thomas Edison was the one who invented the light bulb for everyone to use during every time of the day. -
3rd Wave of Immigration
This was to increase the population and railroad companies to send agents across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This law was restricting immigration to the United States and declines wages to many Chinese workers wanting a chance. -
Pendleton Act
This was a law that say that government jobs should only be awarded based on the merit of the people. -
Dawes Act
An authorized act signed by the president to take the Native Americans land and sell it. -
Interstate Commerce Act
This was a federal law to be able to regulate the railroad industry and control it, -
Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth
This was an article about the new upper class that made him rich in June of 1889. -
Chicago’s Hull House
This house was one of the first social settlements in North America. This was was founded in Chicago in 1889. -
Klondike Gold Rush
This was a migration by everyone because they all wanted to get the gold for themselves. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This is a federal statue by the United States of competition law passed by the congress in 1890. -
How the Other Half Lives
This was an publication by Jacob Riis, describing the living conditions in New York City slum. -
Influence of Sea Power Upon History
This was a book by Alfred Thayer Mahan explaining the political policies and leading to World War 1 -
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Progressive Era
This was a time of political reforms and fixing problems by industrialization and political corruption. -
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Imperialism
This was when they extended the power of the country and had more control and political ruling. -
Homestead Steel Labor Strike
This event was an industrial lockdown and strike which becan on July 1, 1892 and ended July 6, 1892 -
Pullman Labor Strike
Pullman Labor Strike was a railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May till June 20 of 1894. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896 that made the decision of the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. -
Annexation of Hawaii
This was when Hawaii declared their independence by the Spanish-American war and to keep their territory. -
Spanish American War
This was a war between Spain and the U.S for the colonial ruling of some territories. -
Open Door Policy
This was a system for China to open their doors equally and support to all the countries that come. -
Assassination of President McKinley
He was the 25th president of the United States and was assassinated on September 14 of 1901 in New York. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
He was one of the most important man in history for being president, historian, writer, and a leader of the progressive movement. -
Panama Canal U.S. Construction Begins
This canal was built as a benefit for everyone because it was for ships to import goods in a faster way. -
The Jungle
This was a novel that was written by Upton Sinclair to explain and show the bad conditions of many workers. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This act was to prohibited the sale of adulterated food and drugs to minors to stop selling them. -
Model-T
This was the first model of a the truck ford in 1908 invented by Henry Ford being affordable for the people and very useful. -
NAACP
This is mostly known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was established in 1909 the largest civil rights organization. -
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William Howard Taft (1909- 1913)
William was the 27th President of the United State and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States and he is know as the only person to have had the honor to have been in both offices. -
16th Amendment
the 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
Federal Reserve Act
This law created the System of, the central banking of the United States and was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. -
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Woodrow Wilson
He was an American politician and had serves as the 28th president of the United States, and he also led us to World War 1. -
17th Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment established the popular election of United States senators in each state. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Due to the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand cause the war and caused Britain to declare war on Germany. -
Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
These were weapons and comebacks from the WW1 that was happening and everyone has to defend themselves. -
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World War I
A war that lasted for 4 years between countries over power and territories of themselves. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
This event the sinking of the Lusitania was an important event in World War I because it happened the death of so many innocent people at the hands of the Germans. -
National Parks System
Yellowstone became the first national park in 1872 and now it is for the public to visit but it is supervised at all times. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret way of communication from the German that was thinking of a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a time of war that was commencing with the abolition of the monarchy in 1917. -
U.S. entry into WWI
The U.S entered to WWI in 1917 to the was that Britain had against Germany and the U.S came in support of Britain. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
This was an event that was a major part of the final allied during WWI. This became the last war during WWI and the U.S supported it with over 1 million troops. -
Armistice
This is a major holiday that is celebrated on November 11 and this was to celebrate the agreement that was signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany. -
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson was some information delivered before a meeting of Congress in which Wilson had outlined his potential. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the most important events that brought peace and World War I to an end. -
18th Amendment
the 18th Amendment prohibited the sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors and drinks. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to people on the basis of sex. -
President Harding’s Return to Normalcy
This President return happened to return to the way of life before World War I, and the United States president that was returning and having all powers. -
Harlem Renaissance
This event happened in Harlem, Manhattan and at the time this was known as the ''New Negro Movement''. This supported the black community in many thing and became a part of history to remember. -
Red Scare
The Red Scare was a time were communist widespread fear in groups that scared the people by a society or state. The name are the red flags that the communists use to represent themselves. -
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Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic growth and many impacts that happened to the people with power or the economy. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome became a big scandal that was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States in many ways of administration. -
Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
Joseph had served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1922–1952 and he let go of the power to become the country's dictator. -
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
This was a very well known legal case that happened in July of 1925 in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
This was when Louis carried Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris in 33 and a half hours, and had become the first nonstop flight of all time across the Atlantic Ocean. -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
This was an event of the murder of 7 members of and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang and this took place on Valentine's day. -
Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday”
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, is known as the Great Crash, and was major American event in the stock market crash that occurred in the fall of 1929. -
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The Great Depression
This decade was the worst time in history because it had become the most stressful times for the people living there. Everyone had no money, food or jobs. -
Hoovervilles
This town Hooverville was a shanty town built by the people who were there with no food or support during the Great Depression in the United States. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
This had become a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States for everyone doing trades of goods. -
100, 000 Banks Have Failed
During this time many banks were starting to vanish till the end of 1932, over 10,000 U.S. banks disappeared. -
Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)
This act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices in any goods and products. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is one of two agencies in the world that help deposit insurance to depositors in many different ways they may need it. -
Public Works Administration (PWA)
This administration was a large-scale public works of construction agency in the United States that helped the people with businesses. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
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New Deal Programs
The New Deal was a series of new ideas and programs by president Roosevelt to help in the Great Depression public work and financial reforms. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a time period of drought in the Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
This was an act signed by president Roosevelt and the new Act created a social insurance program that was to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement. -
GI Bill
GI Bill helped create benefits for the veterans and help with college tuition. -
United Nations
The United Nations is an organization that aims together to maintain international peace and their security. -
Germany Divided
After the Potsdam conference, Germany was divided into four zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east. -
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Baby Boom
The Baby Boom consisted of young couples who started families putting off marriage during the War, and the government encouragement of the growth of families. -
Truman Doctrine
the principle the US gives support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. -
22nd Amendment
The 22nd Amendment says a person can only be elected to be president two times for a total of eight years. -
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The Cold War
The rivalry that developed after WWII between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Marshall plan
The Marshall Plan was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade became one of the first major international crises of the Cold War in history. -
Arab-Israeli War Begins
Arab-Israeli War Begins and there the loss of life from soldiers in both sides, but also innocents were murdered. -
NATO Formed
The Nato formed means The North Atlantic Treaty Organization that was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and many Western European nations to provide collective security. -
Kim Il-sung invades South Korea
Kim Il-sung invades South Korea after the Japanese rule in 1945, that authorized the invasion in 1950, triggering an intervention in defense of South Korea. -
UN forces push North Korea to Yalu River- the border with China
Most of North Korea is now under UN control now and South Korean troops reach the Yalu River, the natural border separating North Korea from China. -
Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
UN forces invaded North Korea in October of 1950 and moved rapidly towards the Yalu River and that is when they entered the war. -
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Korean war
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. When North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border. -
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1950s Prosperity
The economy overall had grown by 37% during the 1950s. And by the end of the decade, the median American family had 30% more purchasing power. -
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, were executed, by the electric chair. -
Armistice Signed
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport that ended fighting on land in World War I between the Allies and their last opponent. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a officer in the United States Army and then later he became a politician who was the 34th president of the United States. -
Vietnam Independence but Country Split at 17th Parallel
This was when the accords established the 17th parallel as a temporary demarcation line separating the military forces of the French and the Viet Minh. -
Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam
In 1954 Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam to control that side since South Vietnam was split from them. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 was a Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955. -
Polio Vaccine created by Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk created the vaccine for the deadly virus of polio that leave people paralyzed. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks Arrested in 1955 was because she refused to give up her seat in a bus to a white passenger. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, is also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America and it started because The US was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia so it decided to send them help. -
Interstate Highway Act
The Interstate Highway Act created the act to eliminate unsafe roads and the speeds of the streets. -
Elvis Presley First Hit Song
Elvis Presley first hit song became the "Heartbreak Hotel" makes its climb up the charts on its way to #1. -
Sputnik I
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite in the world that The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit. -
Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV
Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV on October 4, 1957 and was an American comedy. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
In 1957, President Eisenhower sent Congress a proposal for civil rights legislation and established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students who were segregated and prohibited from entering school by the Governor of Arkansas. -
Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate
President John F. Kennedy defeated the Vice President Richard Nixon in the Tv debate that happened to discuss positions and promises. -
Chicano Mural Movement Begins
The Chicano Mural Movement started by using walls of cities, house projects, schools and churches to represent our Mexican Culture. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles. -
Peace Corps Formed
The Peace Corps were created by the Executive Order to provide educational and technological support to developing countries. -
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action was to ensure that applicants are treated equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
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John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy served as the 35th president of the United States and was an American politician until his death in 1963 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 1 month and 4 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the intallations of missiles. -
Sam Walton Opens First Walmart
Sam Walton opens the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas and now Walmart has become the top retailer in the U.S. -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
President Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. -
March on Washington
March on Washington was the purpose to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance
George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance and stood at the door of the auditorium to block the entry of two African American students. -
The Feminine mystique
The Feminine Mystique is a book by Betty Friedan that explains a lot of second-wave feminism in the United States. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson served as an American politician as the 36th president who took the place when president JFK was assassinated. -
The Great Society
The Great Society had main goals to eliminate poverty and injustices but also create programs in benefits of the people like medical care and education. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a way authorizing President Johnson to take actions to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
Arab and Israeli forces clashed for the third time, and many attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the peace process. -
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike went on strike and demanded union representation elections. -
Malcom X Assassinated
Malcom X was Assassinated in 1965 by gunshots wounds after everything he did as an African American Minister. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 expanded voting rights for minority groups that traditionally had fallen outside the Act's protections. -
Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court
Justice Marshall challenged discrimination based on race or sex, opposed the death penalty and he defended affirmative action. -
Six Day War
The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, and it significantly altered the map of the Mideast and gave rise to lingering geopolitical friction. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War during 1968. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was the Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was Assassinated in 1968 and he was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed his spinal cord. -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization is the US policy of withdrawing its troops and responsibility to the direction of the war effort and to the government of South Vietnam. -
Woodstock Music Festival
The Woodstock Music Festival was a time of era of the civil rights movement, a period of protest and was an opportunity for people to escape into music and spread a message of unity and peace. -
Draft Lottery
The Draft Lottery was when the Selective Service System of the United States made two lotteries to determine to call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1950. -
Manson Family Murders
The Tate–LaBianca murders were members of the Manson Family in Los Angeles, California who murdered five people on August 9–10 in 1969. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin. -
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, from 1969 to 1974 and also a member of the Republican Party. -
Invasion of Cambodia
The Invasion of Cambodia was a campaign a brief series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia that was invaded. -
Kent State shootings
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students. -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. -
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers revealed that the United States had expanded its war with the bombing of Cambodia and Laos which were reported by the American media to the people. -
26th Amendment
The 26th amendment granted the right to vote to American citizens aged eighteen or older. -
Policy of Détente Begins
Policy of Détente Begins during the era of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) treaties. -
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was an American politician, businessman, and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the United States. -
Title IX
Title IX was for No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation. -
Nixon Visits Communist China
President Nixon visited China to become the first U.S. President to visit mainland China while in office in which its position on a crucial obstacle to normalization. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States of President Richard Nixon that led to his resignation. -
War Powers Resolution
The War Powers Resolution is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas statute banning abortion, effectively legalizing the procedure. -
Engaged Species Act
The Engaged Species act was designed to protect critically species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth. -
OPEC Oil Embargo
The OPEC oil embargo was an event where the 12 countries that made up OPEC stopped selling oil to the United States. -
First Cell-Phones
The first handheld cellular phone call was made in 1973, by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper from Sixth Avenue in New York. -
United States v. Nixon
United States v Nixon was a landmark to the Supreme Court case that resulted in a decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to give up tape recordings and other materials to a federal district court. -
Ford Pardons Nixon
Ford felt that Nixon had not committed any crimes and should not have to issue such a document. Ford eventually agreed, and he granted Nixon a free and absolute pardon. -
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Gerald Ford
President Ford presided over the worst economy since the Great Depression as the 38th president with growing inflation and a recession. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was when the South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancement of the North Vietnamese. -
Bill Gates Starts Microsoft
Bill Gates started Microsoft computer program in 1975 and It went on to become the world's largest personal computer software company. -
National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins its primary goal was to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis". -
Steve Jobs Starts Apple
Steve Jobs was a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer era and he oversaw the launch of such revolutionary products as the iPod and the iPhone. -
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 requires the Federal Reserve and banking regulators to encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords, signed by President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran because 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage. -
Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court appointed to be the first woman to the highest court in the United States. -
AIDS Epidemic
AIDS Epidemic the first cases of an illness subsequently defined as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome reported in California. -
War on Drugs
The War on Drugs began when U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon declared drug abuse as a problem and increased federal funding for drug-control agencies. -
Conservative Resurgence
Conservative Resurgence was an intense struggle for control of the organizations labeled it the fundamentalist takeover. -
Trickle Down Economics
Trickle-down economics, also known as trickle-down theory or the horse and sparrow theory. -
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States and came up with a system of Reaganomics. -
Marines in Lebanon
Marines in Lebanon were Lebanese terrorists that evaded security and drove a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. -
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran-Contra Affair was a big scandal secret U.S. arms deal that traded missile to free some Americans held hostage by terrorists. -
The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs
The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs her daytime television talk show turns Winfrey into one of the most powerful, wealthy people in show business. -
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!” also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, was a speech by President Ronald Reagan. -
End of Cold War
The Cold War came to an end with the collapse of Communist parties rule in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Belin Wall Falls was an event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain and the start of the fall of communism. -
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George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush was an American politician, diplomat and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States. -
Iraq Invades Kuwait
Iraq invaded the country of Kuwait to its southeast in a bid to gain more control over the lucrative oil supply of the Middle East. -
Germany Reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany. -
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Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War is recognized as a decisive victory for the coalition, Kuwait although Iraq suffered enormous damage. -
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Storm was a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. -
Soviet Union Collapses
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union. -
Rodney King
Rodney King was an American activist that was beaten by LAPD officers during his arrest for driving while intoxicated. -
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Bill Clinton
An American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd US president also prior governor of Arkansas. -
NAFTA Founded
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was implemented to promote trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. -
Contract with America
The Contract with America was a legislative agenda advocated for by the Republican Party during the 1994. -
O.J. Simpson’s “Trial of the Century”
Simpson was acquitted of both counts of murder on October 3 of the same year and is known as the trial of the century because of its publicity in criminal trial in history. -
Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
Bill Clinton became the second president in history to be impeached because he was charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury. -
USA Patriot Act
The USA Patriot Act was an Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush. -
9/11 (September 11, 2001)
The September 11 attacks, is referred to as 9/11, of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi terrorist group Al-Qaeda. -
War on Terror
The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism and U.S. an ongoing international military campaign. -
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George W. Bush
George W. Bush was an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States and a member of the Republican Party. -
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War in Afghanistan
The conflict is also known as the US war in Afghanistan or the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. -
NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity exploring the planet Mars. -
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Iraq War
The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. -
Facebook Launched
On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media he had built in order to connect Harvard students by the next day, over a thousand people had registered. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a large hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in August 2005. -
My Birthday
This was the day I was born it is my birthday!! -
Saddam Hussein Executed
The execution of President Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity. -
iPhone Released
The iPhone was released in the United States on June 29, 2007 at the price of $499 for the 4 GB model and $599 for the 8 GB model. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. -
Hillary Clinton Appointed U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton was the 67th United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013. -
Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama. -
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Barack Obama
The presidency of Barack Obama began at noon on January 20, 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. -
Arab Spring
The Arab Spring was a series of protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world. -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
Robert O'Neill, the former Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden during the 2011 Neptune Spear raid. -
Space X Falcon 9
Space X Falcon was a private American Commercial Resupply Service it was the nineteenth overall flight for the Falcon 9. -
Donald Trump Elected President
Donald Trump is an American media personality and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States.
