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The first president of the United states is elected
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In exchange, the United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30 and signed on May 2. In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase, and in December 1803 France transferred authority over the region to the United States.
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The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) began when colonists (primarily from the United States) in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government.
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Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th U.S president
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A war between the north states and south states of America
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Due to an accidental dam burst Johnston was flooded and many lives were lost
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The worst natural disaster to be on U.S Soil
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80% of San Francisco is destroyed by Earthquake and Fire
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The largest cruiser ship at the time crashes with an iceberg and few escape.
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The great war between the allies and central powers begins
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The KKK marches against Washington to protest the civil rights movement.
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A massive value drop in the stock market
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The worst economic time in Americas history
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A technology race between the United States and Russia.
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This event threw America into WWII
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A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese
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The first atomic bomb is detonated in the gulf of mexico
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On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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The world war between the allied powers and Axis powers begins
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Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The United States, acting under the auspices of the United Nations, quickly sprang to the defense of South Korea and fought a bloody and frustrating war for the next three years.
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Vietnam War, (1954–75), a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
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The russians gave nuclear weapons to Cuba to fight us. America responded by surrounding Cuba.
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During a motorcade through Dallas texas, president JFK is assassinated.
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In Memphis Tenesee, Civil rights leader Marting Luther King
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Civil rights activis and president is shot dead by John Wilkes Booth
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The Apollo 11 lands on the moon. This is the first successful attempt to land on anything out in space.
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Cult leader of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, Jim Jones convinced 909 American members of the group to drink grape flavor aid poisoned with cyanide, and/or inject themselves and their children with cyanide. Others were shot and killed while trying to escape.
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The North American Federal Trade agreement was signed
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I needed extra points
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The twin towers and Pentagon re hit by three planes piloted by people of an organization called Al Qaeda.
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There was a lot of international pressure on the Afghan leaders to hand over Osama Bin Laden. When the Taliban didn't do this, the United States decided they would use their armed forces. In October 2001, the USA began bombing Afghanistan. They targeted bin Laden's al-Qaeda fighters and also the Taliban
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United States military action against Iraq began during March of 2003 for the stated purpose of removing Saddam Hussein, the country's leader, from power as a means of preventing his use of suspected stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, or WMD.
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Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf of Mexico. Causing severe damage and many deaths.
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On this date, Barack Obama is officially sworn in as the United States first African American president
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The current leader of the organization know Al'Quaeda is assinated for the events regarding 9/11
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Edward Snowdin exposes the injustices of the U.S government spying on their citizens
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The dictator of Cuba passes away, his son Raul taking his place.
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President Donald trump become the 45th president
