Significant Post-Civil-War Events

  • President Lincoln Assassinated

    President Lincoln Assassinated
  • 13th Amendment Ratified

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

  • Reconstruction Collapses

    Reconstruction Collapses
  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot
  • USS Maine Explodes

    USS Maine Explodes
  • NAACP Founded

    NAACP Founded
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  • United States Declares War on Germany

    United States Declares War on Germany
  • Women's Suffrage Rights Recognized

    Women's Suffrage Rights Recognized
  • Tulsa Massacre

    Tulsa Massacre
  • National Origins Act of 1924 Passed

  • US Stock Market Crashes

    US Stock Market Crashes
  • Fair Labor Starndards Act Passed

  • United States Joins Allies in World War II

  • Internment of Japanese-Americans Begins

    Internment of Japanese-Americans Begins
  • Truman Doctrine Established

    Truman Doctrine Established
  • Schools Legally Desegregated

    Schools Legally Desegregated
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
  • 1964 Civil Rights Bill Passed

    1964 Civil Rights Bill Passed