U.S history

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  • Period: 1540 to 1542

    Mixton War

    The Mixtón War was fought from 1540 until 1542 between the Caxcanes and other semi-nomadic Indigenous people of the area of north western Mexico against Spanish invaders, including their Aztec and Tlaxcalan allies.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte was Born

    Napoleon Bonaparte was Born

    August 15, 1769
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    American Civil War

    civil war that was fought in the usa
  • Homestead act

    Homestead act

    law stating that citizens occupide government land
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    Reconstruction

    follows the american war
  • Transcontinental railroad completed

    Transcontinental railroad completed

    train rout finished, project of two railroad companies
  • Light bulb invented

    Light bulb invented

    the light bulb was inveted by Thomas Edison, Hiram Maxin and joseph swan
  • Industrialization begins to boom

    Industrialization begins to boom

    factories start making things more efficient
  • 15th amednment

    15th amednment

    right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied by the states on race, color or conditions
  • Boss Tweed rise at Tammy Hall

    Boss Tweed rise at Tammy Hall

    major role in the politics
  • Telephone invited

    Telephone invited

    first telephone invented
  • Reconstruction ends

    Reconstruction ends

    8 republicans and 7 democrts made a deal
    wanted to redeem the south
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    Gilded age

    The age of Monopolies
  • Third Wave of immigration

    Third Wave of immigration

    12,000 immigrants arrived to the us
  • chinese exclusion act

    chinese exclusion act

    significant law restricting imigration into the us
  • Pendleton act

    Pendleton act

    federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
  • Pendleton Act

    Pendleton Act

    law which established that positions within the federal gov should be aware of the basis
  • Dawes act

    Dawes act

    an attempt in 1924 to solve the World War I reparations problem that Germany had to pay
  • Interstate commerce act

    Interstate commerce act

    federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    act to provide for the allotment of lands in severally to native americans
  • Andrew Carnegies Gospel Of Wealth

    Andrew Carnegies Gospel Of Wealth

    owner of steel company gave away his money for people in need
  • Klondike act

    Klondike act

    a migration by an estimated 100,000
  • Sherman anti trust act

    Sherman anti trust act

    landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law
  • Influence of sea power upon history

    Influence of sea power upon history

    revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval powers
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    Progressive Era

    period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States
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    Imperialism

    policy of extending countries power and influence
  • Homestead steel labor act

    Homestead steel labor act

    giving property to the people for free and making seeing if they progressed with creating their farm they kept it
  • Pullman labor strike

    Pullman labor strike

    George Pullman called on the federal government to break the strike and get the trains running again.
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson

    case which advanced the controversial "separate but equal"
  • Annexation of hawaii

    Annexation of hawaii

    treaty to annex the hawaii island to the us senate for ratification
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    fought between us and spain in 1898
  • Open door policy

    Open door policy

    trading with china and in support of chinese territorial
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

    26th president of the usa
  • Assassination of President Mckinley

    Assassination of President Mckinley

    shot twice by an anarchist
    died 8 days later
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    Theodore Roosevelt

    president during the monroe doctrine
  • Wright Brothers Airplane

    Wright Brothers Airplane

    first succesful airplane
  • Panamal Canal U.S Construction begins

    Panamal Canal U.S Construction begins

    build a canal across a 50 mile stretch
    to transport goods
  • model-t

    model-t

    First car
  • William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft

    27th president
    10th chief justic of us
    only person to hold both offices
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    William Howard Taft

    served as 27th president of the usa
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson

    28th president of usa
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    u.s legislation that created the current federal reserve act
  • 16th amendment

    16th amendment

    allow congress to levy income tax without appotioning among states
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    Woodrow Wilson

    28th president of the usa
    member of the democratic
  • Trench warfare, poison gas, and machine guns

    Trench warfare, poison gas, and machine guns

    first appeared when germans used gas in surprised attack in belgium
  • Assissination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assissination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    shot to death along with his wife
  • 17th amedment

    17th amedment

    constitution of usa
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    World War 1

    firts world war that was originated in europe
  • Sinking of the Lusianita

    Sinking of the Lusianita

    occured onmay7 1915 during the first world war
  • National Parks System

    National Parks System

    agency of the us federal gov that manages all national parks
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution

    pair of revolutions in russia which led to the rise of ussr
  • U.S Enters ww2

    U.S Enters ww2

    us declaired war on germany and allies
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    diplomatic communication issued form the german foreign office in january
  • Armistice

    first world war between the allies and germany
  • Battle of Argonne Forest

    final allied of world war 1
  • president hardings return to normalcy

    president hardings return to normalcy

    promise was to return the United States prewar mentality without the thought of war tainting the minds of the American people.
  • Harlem renaissance

    Harlem renaissance

    Jazz music was introduced
  • red scare

    red scare

    promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment

    prohibition of alcohol beverages in the us
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    granted american woman the right to vote
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    roaring twenties

    period of Western society and Western culture that occurred during and around the 1920
  • Period: to

    Roaring Twenties

    period of western society and culture
  • teapot dome scandal

    teapot dome scandal

    government scandal
    a bribery incident involving the administration of then President Warren G. Harding
  • joseph stalin leads ussr

    joseph stalin leads ussr

    transformed from a low society into an industrial and military superpower
  • scopes ''monkey'' trial

    scopes ''monkey'' trial

    legal case in July 1925 in which a teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act
  • Mein Kampf Published

    Mein Kampf Published

    Germany book written by hitler
    talked about how jews ruined everything
  • charles lindberghs trans-Atlantic flight

    charles lindberghs trans-Atlantic flight

    First person to cross the Atlantic ocean
  • st valentines day messacre

    st valentines day messacre

    1929 murder in Chicago of seven men of the North Side gang
  • stock market crashes ''black tuesday''

    stock market crashes ''black tuesday''

    most devastating stock market crash in the history
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    Great Depression

    world wide economic depression that took place in the 30s
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    implementing protectionist trade policies
  • Hoovervilles

    Hoovervilles

    town built during the great depression by the homeless in the us
  • 100,000 banks have failed

    100,000 banks have failed

    Failure of banks
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    President Paul Hindenburg names hitler as chancellor of germany
  • Federal Deposit Incurance Corporatin

    Federal Deposit Incurance Corporatin

    US gov. provide deposits incurance to depositors in us banks
  • Agricultured Adjustment Administration

    Agricultured Adjustment Administration

    farm bill emboding the schemes of major national farm organizations
  • Public works administration

    Public works administration

    large scale, public works construction agency in us
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    New Deal Programs

    The second new deal launched by Roosevelt
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    Franklin D Roosevelt

    american state manwho served as the 32nd president
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    The Holocaust

    Consentration camp made by Adolf Hitler where he murdered six million jews
  • Social Securty Administration (SSA)

    Social Securty Administration (SSA)

    BENEFITS FOR VICTIMS OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
    UNEMPLOYMENT
    HELPS PHYSICAL HANDYCAP,MOTHERS AND CHILDERN AND BLIND
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    the dirty 30s
    period of dust storms that daaged ecology and agriculture
  • Rape of Nanjing

    Rape of Nanjing

    episode of mass murder
    mass rape commited by japanese troops
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    referd as the night of broken glass
    against jews through out germany
  • Hitler invades poland

    Hitler invades poland

    hitler first major policy invades after coming to power
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    Word War 2

    global war
  • German Blitzkrieg attacks

    German Blitzkrieg attacks

    german overran europe and was victorios for more than 2 years by relying on new military
  • Navajo Code Talkers

    Navajo Code Talkers

    code language used during ww2 by marines
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    japanese ataacked us military base in hawaii
  • Tuskegee Airmen

    Tuskegee Airmen

    popular name for group of african military piolots who served in ww2
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    transfered by japanese army
    more than 60,000 filipino and american prisoners
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066

    a us presidential executive order signed during ww2
  • Invasion of normandy d-day

    Invasion of normandy d-day

    wester allies launched the largest invasion in history in normady
  • GI Bill

    GI Bill

    law passed that provided educational and benefits for people who served in the arm force in ww2
  • Atomic bombing of nagasaki and hiroshima

    Atomic bombing of nagasaki and hiroshima

    us dropped nuclear weapons on japanese cities hiroshima and nagasaki
  • Germany divided

    Germany divided

    cut between two parts known as east and west
  • Victory over japan / pacific

    Victory over japan / pacific

    imperial japan surrendered in ww2 ending the war
  • Victory in Europe (VE) Day

    Victory in Europe (VE) Day

    holiday celebrated to mark the acceptance by the allies in ww2
  • Liberation of concentration camps

    Liberation of concentration camps

    alied troops moved in a series of offence against nazi
    encountered thousands of concentration camp prisoners
  • United Nations (UN) Formed

    United Nations (UN) Formed

    established after ww2 to prevent any other world wars
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    Harry S Truman

    33th president of the usa
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

    germany was chosen as a site for trial
  • 24th amedment

    24th amedment

    prohiits congress and states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections
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    Baby boom

    birth rate increased after ww2
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    american foreign policy whose stated purposed was to counter
  • Mao Zedong Established Communist Rule in China

    Mao Zedong Established Communist Rule in China

    surrender of japan a civil war broke
  • 22 amendment

    22 amendment

    limits the president to only two 4 year terms in office
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    The Cold War

    tension after ww2 between powers in the easter block
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    us gave over 13 billion in economic assistance
  • Arab-Israeli War Vegins

    Arab-Israeli War Vegins

    arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    massive airlift of supplies into west berlin
  • NATO Formed

    NATO Formed

    purpose was to unify and streghten wester allies
  • Kim 11-sung invades south korea

    Kim 11-sung invades south korea

    wanted to unite korea and make it a communist state
  • Chinesse forces cross yalu and enter korean war

    Chinesse forces cross yalu and enter korean war

    engaged in korean war in offesive manner after the u.s. troops
  • UN forces push North Korea to Yalu river- the border with china

    UN forces push North Korea to Yalu river- the border with china

    wanted to show nk that the south was powerful which led pushing the north too far
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    Korean War

    NK invaded SK following a series of fights along the border
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    1950s Prosperity

    economy growth up to 37%
  • Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution

    Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution

    convicted of conspirising to pass u.s. atomic scerets to the soviets
  • Armistice signed

    Armistice signed

    ensure a complete cessation of hostilities of the korea war
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    34th president of the usa
    served as a general in american army
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    Warren Court

    period in history of supreme court during earl warren served as chief justice
  • Hernandez V Texas

    Hernandez V Texas

    court said that mexican or other nationally groups in us have equal prtection due to the 14 amendment
  • Montgomery bus boycott

    Montgomery bus boycott

    campain against policy of rcial segregaton on public busses
  • Warsaw pact formed

    Warsaw pact formed

    treaty signed in warsaw
  • Polio Vaccine

    Polio Vaccine

    first polio vaccine was the inactive polio vaccine
  • Rosa Parks Arrested

    Rosa Parks Arrested

    arrested because she wouldnt give her seat to a white folk
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    Vietnam War

    communist state vs south vietnam and the usa
  • Interstate Highway act

    Interstate Highway act

    first federal highway funding legislation in the us
  • Elvis Presly first hit song

    Elvis Presly first hit song

    Heartbreak hotel gave elvis nationwide breakthrough
  • Civil rights act of 1957

    Civil rights act of 1957

    federal voting rights bill
    legislation passed by the us congress
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    ussr first artificial earth satellite
  • Leave it to beaver first airs on tv

    Leave it to beaver first airs on tv

    aired on october 4 1957
    last episode was june 20 1963
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    group of nine african american students enrolled in little rock highschool
  • Kennedy Versus Nixon Tv Debate

    Kennedy Versus Nixon Tv Debate

    JFK defeted by vice president richard nixon
  • Chicano Mural Movement Begins

    Chicano Mural Movement Begins

    artist began using wall of city buildings to spread mexican religion
  • Mapp v Ohio

    Mapp v Ohio

    criminal case where us supreme court obtained was in violation of 4th amendment
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    failed military invasion of cuba undertaken by central intelligence agency
  • Peace corps formed

    Peace corps formed

    volunteer program run by the us government
  • Affirmative action

    Affirmative action

    ensure applicants are employed and employees get treated right during enployment
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    John F Kennedy

    35th president until he got shot
  • Sam Walton Opens First Walmart

    Sam Walton Opens First Walmart

    first walmart store opened in arkansas
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    13 day confrontation between us and ussr concerning missles
  • The feminine mystique

    The feminine mystique

    book written by betty friednam
    speaks the begging of second wave feminism
  • Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas Texas

    Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas Texas

    jfk got killed in a dallas parade when he was riding in a car with his wife
  • Gideon V Wainwright

    Gideon V Wainwright

    case in the us that provides attorneys in criminal cases
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    march for freedom
  • George Wallace Blocks University Of Alabama Entrance

    George Wallace Blocks University Of Alabama Entrance

    democratic governor of alabama
    "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"
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    Lyndon B Johnson

    36 president, started as president due to John F Kennedys death
  • Civil Right Acts of 1964

    Civil Right Acts of 1964

    outlaw discrimination based on race color sex religion or orgin
  • The great society

    The great society

    domestic programs launched by democratic President LBJ
  • Israeli-Palestine conflict begins

    Israeli-Palestine conflict begins

    conflict came from the intercommunal violence between iseaelis and arabs
  • Gulf of tonkin resolution

    Gulf of tonkin resolution

    resolution the us congress passed
  • Escobedo V Illinois

    Escobedo V Illinois

    suspect have right to councel during interogation under 6 amendment
  • United Farm Workers California Delano Grapes Stike

    United Farm Workers California Delano Grapes Stike

    boycott that rose payment for immigrants
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    fedral legislation in the us that prohibits racial discrimination
  • Malcom X Assassinated

    Malcom X Assassinated

    killed by his own group of people after he wanted to make changes
  • Miranda Vs Arizona

    Miranda Vs Arizona

    case where a criminal didnt get his rights told when he was in custody of the police
  • Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court

    Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court

    JFK appointed marshall to us court of appeals
  • Six Day War

    Six Day War

    fought between june 5 nd 10 by israel and egypt,jordan and syria
  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated

    shot in memphis
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    largest militry campaign of the vietnam war
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    mass murder unarmed vietamese civilians in sv
  • Tinker v Des Moines

    Tinker v Des Moines

    constitutional rights of students in the US public schools
  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization

    policy of withdrawing troops and transfering them
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    spaceflight that landed two humans in the moon
  • Woodstock Music Festival

    Woodstock Music Festival

    audience of 400,000 attended that music festival
  • Manson Family Murders

    Manson Family Murders

    series of killing conducted by members of manson family
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    Richard Nixon

    37th president that was involved in the watergate scandal
  • Kent State Shooting

    Kent State Shooting

    unarmed college students shot during a mass protest
  • Invasion of cambodia

    Invasion of cambodia

    military operations conducted in easter cambodia by the us and the republic of vietnam
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    agency of federal government of the us was created for the purpose of protecting health
  • 26th amendment

    26th amendment

    prohibits using age as a reason to deny a vote from an 18 year old
  • Policy of detente begins

    Policy of detente begins

    period of improvemnets between usa and soviet union
  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers

    name given to top secret department of defense
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    Jimmy Carter

    39th president of the us
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    FEDERAL LAW THAT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION OF SEX IN ANY FEDERALLY FOUNDED EDUCATION
  • Nixon Visit china

    Nixon Visit china

    nixon administrations raproachement between the usa and china
  • Watergate scandal

    Watergate scandal

    scandal made by richard nixon when he decided to tap the democratic party office and record conversations
  • Roe V. Wade

    Roe V. Wade

    law that criminalized abortion
  • OPEC Oil Embargo

    OPEC Oil Embargo

    arab members emposed against the us
  • War Powers Resolution

    War Powers Resolution

    federal law to check presidents power t commit the us to armed conflict without congress
  • Engaged Species Act

    Engaged Species Act

    provides for the conservation of species that are endangered or threaten
  • First Cell-Phones

    First Cell-Phones

    Motorola was the first company to introduce a phone
  • Ford Pardons Nixon

    Ford Pardons Nixon

    nixon got pardon for any crimes hes done by the president
  • United States Vs Nixon

    United States Vs Nixon

    supreme court case which resulted against nixon, ordering to deliver the tape recorders
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    Gerald Ford

    38th president
  • Fall Of Saigon

    Fall Of Saigon

    The capture of saigon
  • Bill Gates Starts Microsoft

    Bill Gates Starts Microsoft

    founded in april 4 1975
    computer brand
  • National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying begins

    National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying begins

    gun control
  • Steve Jobs Starts Apple

    Steve Jobs Starts Apple

    began working on the prototype of apple 1
  • Community Reinvestent Act of 1977

    Community Reinvestent Act of 1977

    meet the cedit needs of surrounding communities
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    signed by egyptian president and israel prime minister o september 17
  • Egypt Israel Peace treaty

    Egypt Israel Peace treaty

    signed by egyptian president and witnessed by Jimmy Carter
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    Iran Hostage Crisis

    52 americans who were held hostage for 444 days
  • Sandra Day O'Connor Appointed to U.S Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O'Connor Appointed to U.S Supreme Court

    first woman in the supreme court
  • AIDS Epidemic

    AIDS Epidemic

    five cases of an unusual pneumonia in LA
  • War On Drugs

    War On Drugs

    increased drug control agencies
  • Tickle down Economics

    Tickle down Economics

    a theory that rich people arent getting taxes taken off due to them to make big business but keeping the money
  • Conservative Resurgence

    Conservative Resurgence

    launched with the charge that seminaries and denominational agencies were dominated
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    Ronald Reagan

    40th president of the usa
    also an actor
  • Marines in Lebanon

    Marines in Lebanon

    300 service members had been living in a four story building
  • Iran Contra Affair

    Iran Contra Affair

    political scandal that occured during the second term of reagan
  • The first Oprah Winfrey show first airs

    The first Oprah Winfrey show first airs

    talk show that was aired for 25 seasons
  • Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall

    Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall

    lines from a speech made by the usa presdent ronald raegan
  • End of Cold war

    End of Cold war

    after ww2 between powers of easter block and powers
  • Berlin Wall falls

    Berlin Wall falls

    wall destoryed after berlin decided to re unite
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    George H. W. Bush

    american political
    41st president of the usa
  • Germany Reunification

    Germany Reunification

    German Democratic became part of federal republic of germany to reunite germany nations
  • Iraq Invades Kuwait

    Iraq Invades Kuwait

    conducted by Iraq against the neighbor state Kuwait
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    Persian Gulf War

    conflict that was triggered by Iraqs invasion in Kuwait
  • Rodney King

    Rodney King

    taxi driver who became known after a video of him getting beaten by the police was released
  • Soviet Union Collapses

    Soviet Union Collapses

    self-governing independence to the republicans
  • Ms Adcox Born

    my history teacher
  • Operation Desert Storm

    Operation Desert Storm

    buildup troops and defense of saudi arabia
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    Bill Clinton

    42th president of the usa
  • Contract with America

    Contract with America

    document released by the us during congressional election campaign
  • NAFTA Founded

    NAFTA Founded

    agreement signed by mexico canada and the us so they can trade
  • O.J Simpson Trial of the ceuntry

    O.J Simpson Trial of the ceuntry

    Football player charged on two counts of murder of ex wife and ex wife friend
  • Draft Lottery

    Draft Lottery

    loteries that determined the order of call to military service in vietnam
    only born in 1944 to 1950
  • Bill Clintons Impeachment

    Bill Clintons Impeachment

    got two chargers of perjury and obstruction of justice
  • londen birthday

    young savage aka londow
  • War On Terror

    War On Terror

    global war on terrorism n international military campaign
  • 9/11

    9/11

    the bombing of the twin towers
  • NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins

    NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins

    a machine car sent to mars to take pictures and explore mars
  • Facebook Launched

    Facebook Launched

    american online social media and social networking service company
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina

    deadly tropical cyclone
  • Saddam Hussein Executed

    Saddam Hussein Executed

    sentened to death by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity
  • Iphone released

    Iphone released

    first iphone was released on june 29 2007
  • Hillary Clinton appointed U.S secretary of state

    Hillary Clinton appointed U.S secretary of state

    67th us secretary of state under president Obama
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009

    American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009

    stimulist enacted by 111th us congress and signed into a law
  • Sonia Sotomayoe Appointed to U.S supreme court

    Sonia Sotomayoe Appointed to U.S supreme court

    obama signed her to the supreme court following the retiremnet of david souter
  • Arab Spring

    Arab Spring

    revolutionary wave of violent and non violent demostration
  • Osama Bin Laden Killed

    Osama Bin Laden Killed

    leader of islamist group kiled in pakistan
  • Space X Falcon 9

    Space X Falcon 9

    two stage orbit medium lift launch vehicle
  • Donald Trump Elected President

    Donald Trump Elected President

    Donald trump became usa president