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Magna carta
The first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. -
American Revolutionary war
American War of Independence, secured American independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document that officially records the proclamation that the United States is an independent country from Great Britain. -
Constitution
The Constitution defines the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government, setting forth the three principal branches of the federal government and outlining their jurisdictions. -
George Washington
George Washington was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. -
Amendments created
The First Congress of the United States proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution. -
The new nation
They sought independence from the powerful British Empire, becoming the first colonies in the Americas to revolt and seek independence from their mother empire. -
3rd amendment
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. -
5th amendment
an individual cannot be compelled by the government to provide incriminating information about herself -
4th amendment
protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. -
10th amendment
the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. -
6th amendment
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you. -
7th amendment
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. -
8th amendment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. -
9th amendment
all the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government. -
2nd amendment
protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. -
1st ammendment
It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -
John Adams
John Adams was the second president of the US. Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, and built up the Army and Navy in the undeclared naval war -
National expansion and reform
These reforms included promoting temperance, creating public school systems, improving the treatment of prisoners, the insane, and the poor, abolishing slavery, and gaining equal rights for women -
Civil War
Fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. -
Rise of industrial America
In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. The completion of the railroads to the West following the Civil War opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development. -
Reconstruction
The period after the American Civil War. -
Progressive era to new era
America continued its economic growth and prosperity. The incomes of working people increased along with those of middle class and wealthier Americans. -
World war 1
World War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918. -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
Roaring 20's
The Roaring Twenties was a period in American history of dramatic social, economic and political change. -
Emergency Quota act
Restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year, and also set down an immigration quota by which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. -
Great depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. -
Dust bowl
Drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a drought in the 1930s -
Franklin Roosevelt was elected
Roosevelt supervised the mobilization of the U.S. economy to support the war effort and implemented a Europe first strategy -
Hindenburg explosion
the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crew-members. -
World War 2
World War II was a conflict between 1939 and 1945 that involved all the world's major countries. It was the most destructive war in history and millions of people were killed. It was fought between the Axis (Germany, Japan, and Italy) and the Allies (Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union among others). -
United Nations was founded
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. -
Hitler commits suicide
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Vietnam war
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Kennedy was elected
n American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination near the end of his third year in office. -
Bay of pigs Invasion
The initial raid failed to destroy all of Castro's air force, with six Cuban aircraft unscathed. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities. -
Kennedy's death
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First moon landing
Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle -
AIDS
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Ronald Reagan Elected President
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party from 1962 onward, he also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 after having a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader. -
Chernobyl
the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel. -
Challenger explosion
the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart and disintegrated at 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. -
exxon valdez oil spill
On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil. The ecologically sensitive location, season of the year, and large scale of this spill resulted in one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. -
Los Angeles riots
Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising and the Los Angeles Race Riots, were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, in April and May 1992 -
9/11
Four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the Northeastern United States to California. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, -
Barack Obama
A Democrat from Illinois, Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. -
Donald Trump
The 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. -
Joe Biden
Current president
