History of United States By calimaurer23 2001 BCE 9/11 1963 BCE President john F. Kennedy was assasinated 1945 BCE US drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1939 BCE World War 2 1929 BCE Stock market crash on Wall Street 1920 BCE Woman allowed to vote 1914 BCE World war one 1865 BCE Slavery Abolished 1861 BCE Civil war began 1812 BCE War of 1812 began 1789 BCE George Washington 1st president 1776 BCE american Independence Period: Jan 1, 1776 to Sep 11, 2001 History of United states