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declaration of independence
is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they now formed a new nation—the United States of America. -
louisina purchase
the us bought 828,000 miles of land for a price of about 15 million dollars, doubled the countries area -
lincoln elected president
was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
start of the civil war
was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several[3] Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). -
plessy V. ferguson
states thet segregation is legal if it is "seperate but equal" -
USS Maine Explosion
contraversial expolosion of the uss maine. leads to the spanish american wa. some say it was only accidental and that the us government used it as an excuse to get into a war. -
panama canal
finished in 1914, america bought the land and backed up colombia's independence movement -
US Entry to World War I
ended 1 year later, 110,00 people died -
stock market crash
crash in wallstreet leads america into the great depression, and even the whole world felt the crash. -
US Entrance into WWII
started in 1939, us didnt join until 1941. Was a new kind of war. ended in 1945 -
pearl habor
us attacked by japanese armada, causes the untied states to enter WWII -
japanese american internment
the american government put all suspect japenese citizens in internement camps and cruely and illegal left them there -
atomic bomb
the us drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan ending the war -
north korea invades south korea
within a week US gets involved, attempt to stop the spread of communisim -
Brown V. Board
rules that segregation in public schools to be unconstitional -
start of the vietnam war
started to try and stop communism from spreading, the least favorite war. -
assassination of JFK
john F kennedy assassinated on the grass knoll, very contraverisal on who commited the crime. allegedly john wilks booth -
MLK assassinated
martin luther king jr, a famous civil rights activist, was shot and killed while on a balcony in memphis -
Nixon resignition
president richard nixon resigns because of his involvment of the watergate scandal -
ronald reagan
ronald reagan elected as the 40th president -
US attack on Iraq
us and allied forces launch a giant aerial attack on iraq, four months after iraq invades kuwait -
9/11 terrorist attack
al-queda terrosists bomb the two world trade centers in new york city, also bomb the pentagon and a failed attempt on attacking another building. lead to a change in foriegn policy and the patriot act. -
hurricane katrina
1,800 people died and $81 billion dollars of damage, the hurricane destroyed the leves flooding major parts of new orleans -
election of president obama
elected as the first black president, 44th. broke a racial barrier -
boston bombing
two russian bombers blew up a martathon, and fled. eventually they were caught one was killed