Important Events in US History

World War I

Period: Jan 16, 1914 to Jan 16, 1918

NCSS is Founded

Jan 16, 1921

Great Depression

Period: Jan 16, 1929 to Jan 16, 1932

World War II

Period: Jan 16, 1939 to Jan 16, 1945

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the US President during World War II.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Information on Pearl Harbor attacks

Korean War

Period: Jan 16, 1950 to Jan 16, 1953

Information on the Korean War

Civil Rights

Period: Jan 16, 1955 to Jan 16, 1968

First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

Jan 16, 1957

Vietnam

Period: Jan 16, 1960 to Jan 16, 1973

First man in spece

Jan 15, 1961

First Man on the Moon (Neil Armstrong)

Jan 16, 1969

Watergate

Jan 16, 1974

NCLB Present in Schools

Period: Jan 16, 2000 to Jan 16, 2013

NCLB decreased the amount of time spent and emphasis put on teaching and learning social studies in schools.

World Trade Center Attacks

Sep 11, 2001