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The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime. Image:https://www.history.com/news/congress-passes-13th-amendment-150-years-ago -
Lincoln Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C by John Wilkes Booth. https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination -
The Fourteenth Amendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. This amendment also sought to make former slaves U.S Citizens -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 occurred when the presidential election of 1876 had an inconclusive winner. The compromise sought to end the debate on who won. This event also led to the end of Reconstruction. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/civil-war-era/reconstruction/a/compromise-of-1877 -
Spanish American War
After the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States entered the Cuban war of independence and declared war on Spain. This war was heavily influenced by the spread of Yellow Journalism which rallied people towards the war https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war -
Treaty of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Paris marked the end of the Spanish American War. The treaty ended with Cuba gaining independence and forced the Spanish to cede Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Phillippines to United States control. -
America Joins World War I
After just intercepting the Zimmerman Telegram, President Woodrow Wilson comes to congress to request to declare war on Germany. https://www.readex.com/blog/united-states-enters-world-war-i-28-newspaper-front-pages-100-years-ago-today -
World War I Ends
At the 11th hour on the 11th month of 1918, Germany officially signed the treaty of Versailles, marking the end of World War I. https://www.chipublib.org/blogs/post/100-years-ago-chicago-celebrated-the-end-of-wwi/ -
Black Tuesday
The Great Depression was kick-started when the price of shares in the New York Stock Exchange fell, sending Wall Street into a frenzy. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-tuesday-hits-wall-street-1929-article-1.2416833 -
Scottsboro Trial
The Scottsboro trial was an event where 9 African American youth were accused of Rape and due to much malpractice and racism all were indicted https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboro-boys-who-were-the-boys/ -
FDR's New Deal
FDR's New Deal was a plan/legislation which created regulations, programs, and obs in order to help save America from the Great Depression. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7th, 1941, the United States naval base at Pearl Habor in Honolulu, Hawaii was assaulted by a barrage of Japanese fighters. This event brought the United States into World War II https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
D-Day
D-Day was the day on which allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy France in hopes to push the axis powers back. This event marked the turning point in the war efforts and shifted the balance of power to the Allies side https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/d-day-allies-invade-europe -
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In this event the United States dropped 2 nuclear bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. The mass destruction caused was unseen in human history. This event led to the surrender of the Empire of Japan and ended World War II on the Pacific theatre. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/world/asia/did-us-have-to-drop-atomic-bombs-on-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.html -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v Board of Education was a court case that went all the way up to the supreme court. The case fought over racial segregation in public schools and the courses unanimously ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional -
Vietnam War Begins
As civil war broke through Vietnam, the United States entered Vietnam was in hopes to stop the spread of communism. This war is now for being one of the US's biggest failures and deadliest wars https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/03/the-vietnam-war-part-i-early-years-and-escalation/389054/ -
JFK Assassination
As John F. Kennedy was riding in a presidential motorcade through Deanley Plaza in Dallas, Texas, he was shot in the head by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/how-jfks-assassination-led-to-a-constitutional-amendment -
Civil Rights Act
This act was a landmark act as it prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in various factors of life. https://www.britannica.com/event/Civil-Rights-Act-United-States-1964 -
Man steps foot on moon
The US efforts in the space race finally paid off as the Apollo11 spacecraft landed on the moon and US Astronauts stepped foot on the moon, showcasing a landmark event in not only United States history, but also in Human History. https://www.history.com/topics/space-exploration/moon-landing-1969 -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Scandal was a political scandal In which individuals broke into the offices of the Democratic Party in hopes of gaining dirt on the democrats in the election. The individuals who broke in had direct ties to President Richard Nixon and led to him resigning