US History After the Civil War By Ahtesham Alvi Feb 3, 1870 Passing of the 15th Amendment Mar 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone May 4, 1886 Haymarket Affair Period: 1910 to 1917 The African American "Great Migration" May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Jan 16, 1919 The Prohibition Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crash of 1929 Period: 1930 to 1939 The Great Depression 1933 The New Deal 1934 The Dust Bowl Sep 1, 1939 World War II Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor May 8, 1945 End of World War II Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The Creation of the United Nations Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Nov 22, 1963 The Assassination of John F. Kennedy 1964 Vietnam 1971 The Pentagon Papers Jun 17, 1972 The Watergate Crisis