American Studies 2021 By majagg1 Oct 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence ratified 1845 "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" Jan 16, 1919 18th Amendment (Prohibiton Act) 1925 "The Great Gatsby" Dec 5, 1933 21st Amendment (Repeal of Prohibition) 1951 "The Catcher in the Rye" Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King, I Have A Dream speech