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Revolutionary War
Apr. 19, 1775 - Sep. 3, 1783
The battle of the US colonies for independence
Won us the right to be known as the country we are today -
Civil War
Apr. 12, 1861 - Apr. 9, 1865
War fought between the northern and southern United States
Would be decisive on whether slavery was allowed in the US, and if so whether the country remained divided -
Assassination of Lincoln
Apr. 15, 1865
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
A US president had been assassinated for the first time and there was no precedent for what to do -
World War I
July 28, 1914 - Nov. 11, 1918
First major war between several powers around the world
Effected almost every country and was one of the factors in World War II -
Prohibition
Jan. 17, 1920 - Dec. 5th, 1933
Total ban of alcohol in the U.S.
Led to fewer drinking accidents and the formation of a black market and AA -
Suffrage Movement
1848 - Aug. 26, 1920
The struggle for of voting rights for women
Succeeded in earning women the right to vote and helped to spark second-wave feminism -
The Great Depression
October 1929 - 1939
US fell into its deepest depression to date
Sparked extremist ideals that would be a factor in WWII -
World War II
Sep. 1, 1939 - Sep. 2, 1945
War sparked between several nations
Catastrophic death tolls for Europe as well as America -
Civil Rights Movement
Throughout the 50s and 60s
Struggle for equality by black people
Has helped in forwarding the rights of black people in America -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Nov. 9, 1989
Destruction of the wall dividing east and west Berlin
Contributed towards reconstruction and reunification in Germany
