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Civil War
Fought 1861-1865, the American Civil War was the result of decades of sectional tensions between the North and South. Focused on slavery and states rights, these issues came to a head following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 -
Spanish American War
On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. -
NAACP Created
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909.[3] Its mission is “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”. -
Model T- Henry Ford
Henry Ford's revolutionary advancements in assembly-line automobile manufacturing made the Model T the first car to be affordable for a majority of Americans. For the first time car ownership became a reality for average American workers, not just the wealthy. -
Panama Canal Created
The Panama Canal is a 48-mile ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. -
WWI Begins
World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939. -
US Joins WWI
United States entry into World War I came in April 1917, after two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States neutral. Americans had no idea that war was imminent in the summer of 1914, and tens of thousands of tourists were caught by surprise. -
World War I Ends
World War I officially came to an end on October 3, 2010, when Germany made the last of the reparations payments required by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. -
Stock Market Crash
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday[1] and the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. -
Start of the Great Depression
Deflation, decline in trade, the stock market crash. -
FDR President
1933-1945-32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century. -
WWII
A global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. -
US Joins WWII
1941- Because of Pearl Harbor -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). -
Executive Order 9066
Deportation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. -
Atomic Bombs Dropped
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. -
Korean War
1950-1953- A war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba on 17 April 1961. -
Vietnam War
1964-75- A Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam. -
Civil Rights Act
A landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. -
First Gulf War
Aas a war led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
George W Bush
An American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. -
Invasion of Afghanistan
The intervention in the Afghan Civil War by the United States and its allies, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to dismantle Al-Qaeda. -
9/11
A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area on September 11, 2001. -
Invasion of Iraq
Signaled the start of the conflict that later came to be known as the Iraq War. -
Election of Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States, the first African American to hold the office.
