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American Civil war
There were conflict between the northern and southern states over slavery The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused seven southern states to break away and form the Confederate States of America; four more states soon joined them. The conflict was the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression. Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. The Depression was actually ended, and prosperity restored, by the sharp reductions in spending, taxes and regulation at the end of World War II. -
World War II
The two dates most often mentioned as “the beginning of World War II” are July 7, 1937, when the “Marco Polo Bridge Incident” led to a prolonged war between Japan and China, and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II -
V-J Day
Japan surrendered unconditionally to the allies, effectively ending World War 2. After Japan receive atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US, they decided to surrender after devastation. -
Cold War
The Cold War was caused by the social climate and tension in Europe at the end of World War II and by the increasing power struggles between the Soviet Union -
Brown V. Board of Education
It was a supreme court case in which the court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger. She made a huge difference in the civil rights movement. -
Launch of Project Mercury
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963 -
Martin Luther King Gives His Famous "I have a dream," speech.
Martin became the predominant leader in the Civil Rights Movement to end racial segregation and discrimination in America. -
Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin become the First Humans to Land on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin became the first men to land on the moon.