Significant Post-Civil-War Events By atestation Apr 14, 1865 President Lincoln Assassinated Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Ratified Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Ratified Mar 2, 1877 Reconstruction Collapses May 4, 1886 Haymarket Riot Feb 15, 1898 USS Maine Explodes Feb 12, 1909 NAACP Founded Mar 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Apr 6, 1917 United States Declares War on Germany Aug 26, 1919 Women's Suffrage Rights Recognized May 31, 1921 Tulsa Massacre May 6, 1924 National Origins Act of 1924 Passed Oct 29, 1929 US Stock Market Crashes Jun 25, 1938 Fair Labor Starndards Act Passed Dec 7, 1941 United States Joins Allies in World War II Feb 19, 1942 Internment of Japanese-Americans Begins Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Established May 17, 1954 Schools Legally Desegregated Oct 26, 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis Jul 2, 1964 1964 Civil Rights Bill Passed
