20 Most Important Events By annben77 Dec 8, 1863 Radical Reconstruction Dec 8, 1863 Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan 1865 The Gilded Age Mar 3, 1865 Freedmen's Bureau Dec 6, 1865 The Thirteenth Amendment Jul 9, 1868 The Fourteenth Amendment Feb 3, 1870 The Fifteenth Amendment Mar 31, 1877 Reconstruction Ends Jul 14, 1877 The Great Railroad Strike Dec 31, 1879 The Invention of the Lightbulb 1880 The Rise of Immigrants 1890 The Progressive Era Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish-American War Jun 4, 1919 The 19th Amendment 1929 The Great Depression 1933 The New Deal 1935 The Second New Deal Sep 1, 1939 World War II Mar 12, 1947 The Cold War 1954 The Civil Rights Movement