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American Civil War
Northern America fought to stop slavery all throughout America because Southern America was fighting them to keep slavery in America. Abraham Lincoln led the Union states to victory. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation which said that all slaves henceforth shall be free all over America. -
Wright Bros first powered flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright created and flew in the first successful powered airplane near Kitty Hawk North Carolina. -
World War 2
World War ii was a global war involving most countries. The fight began when the Prime Minister of Britain declared war on Germany. The fight lasted for 6 years and the Allies (Britain, America, Soviet Union, and China) beat the Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
The fair Employment Practice Committee is established
Roosevelt signed an executive order to ban discrimination in the employment of workers against race, creed, color, or natural origin all throughout America to ensure equal rights for everyone. -
Cold War (Starts)
The Cold War was a state of geological tension after World War ii between the United States and its Allies, and the Soviet Union and their satellite states. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in the front of a public bus
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus. This helped to initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. -
Space Act creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The creation of NASA, which followed close on the heels of Russia's Sputnik, was a historic step further equipping the United States for leadership in the space age. -
Ham, the first chimp to be launched into space
Ham the chimp, the first hominid to be launched into space, was launched in Cape Canaveral, Florida. He survived and came back down onto earth. -
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first humans to land on the moon
Nasa launched the first successful mission to put a man on the Moon. Two men named Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set foot on the Moon and claimed it for America.
