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American history

By MajaG
  • The War of Independence

    The War of Independence
    The American Revolutionary War, was the rebellion of thirteen of the North American colonies of Great Britain who declared themselves independent in 1776 as the United States of America.
  • Rosa Park

    Rosa Park
    Rosa Park (born February 4, 1913) was an African-American Civil Rights activist. The United States Congress called her "the mother of the freedom movement" and "the first lady of civil rights"
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929) was an American pastor, activist and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War 2. It is also the headquarters of the United States Fleet.
  • The murder of JFK

    The  murder  of  JFK
    President john. F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 pm Central Standard Time on Friday November 22, 1963. Traveling in a presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas, he was shot once in the throat, once in the upper back, with the fatal shot hitting him in the head.
  • Watergate

    Watergate
    The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C.,
  • The Million Man March

    The Million Man March
    The Million Man March was a gathering en masse of African-Americans in Washington, D.C. in 1995.
  • The Lewinsky scandal

    The Lewinsky scandal
    Monica is a former White House intern with whom United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had what he called an "inappropriate relationship" while she worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996.