Modern History in America By Emmabic Dec 6, 1865 The Thirteenth Amendment Ratified Oct 22, 1879 Thomas Edison Invents the Light Bulb Apr 21, 1898 U.S. Fights Spanish-American War Jun 28, 1914 World War I Begins in Europe Apr 2, 1917 U.S. Declares War on Germany Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Ends WWI 1929 Stock Market Crashes Oct 29, 1929 The Great Depression Begins 1930 Dust Bowl Sep 1, 1939 World War II Begins Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Planes Bomb U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor Aug 6, 1945 U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs in Japan Sep 2, 1945 World War II Ends Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift Begins Jun 25, 1950 North Korean Troops Cross the 38th Parallel May 17, 1954 Supreme Court Rules on Brown v Board of Education Dec 1, 1954 Montgomery Bus Boycott Oct 4, 1957 USSR Launches Sputnik Aug 6, 1965 Congress Passes Voting Rights Act Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive Launches
