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Founding America
The United States was founded on the fourth of July in 1776. Writings such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights are all documents that shape the U.S. The most important is the Declaration of Independence which is the document that founded America because it separated the colonies from England. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was a deal between the United States and France. Through this agreement, France agreed to sell a large amount of land, called the Louisiana Territory, to the United States. It’s important because it expanded the United States . The land is now know as from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and back then it had doubled the size of the nation. -
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Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico. -
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American Civil War
The war was all in America, it was the citizens against the citizens. Between one part known as the states which didn't believe in slavery. The other part was known as the confederates which believed in keeping slavery. The confederates surrendered and it was important in history because it was a war in the states and it was when slavery was significant in the states. -
First Assasiantion
Abraham Lincoln is the first president to be assassinated when he was shot by a Confederate sympathizer while attending a play at Ford's Theater. He led the nation through the American Civil War which is known as the bloodiest war. This is an important event in history because this incident increased security for future presidents. This was the first presidential assassination in US history. -
Automobile Firsts
GASOLINE / First successful gas powered car: 4hp, two-stroke motor. The Duryea brothers set up first American car manufacturing company. -
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WWI
World War 1 started with an assassination. World War 1 was a military conflict lasting from 1914 to 1918 which involved nearly all the biggest powers of the world, which involved the United States. The importance of this is that all of the nations were in the war. -
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Great Depression
This took place in the United States when WWI ended, it was caused by the stock market crash in 1929.The reason why its important is because the citizens were losing their money and jobs and then they couldn't afford food and eventually lost their homes. -
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WWII
It was a global war that again also consisted of all of the major world powers including the United States. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland. The war ended when Germany surrendered. It was important because the world powers were involved including the United States. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. -
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. -
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He ended the white era of baseball when the Dodgers played him on first base in 1947. Its important because baseball is the American Sport and this ended the "whites only." -
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McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It was carried out by US senator Joseph McCarthy.Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. It was an important time because many Americans were being accused. -
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Vietnam War
Because Vietnam was split into half communist and half anti-communist. The US sent help to the non communist part of Vietnam to stop it from spreading because the states basically wanted Vietnam to be on their side and it was important because it was a time where the US showed that they are non communist and wanted to end it. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks became known as the mother of the civil rights movement because she refused to leave her set on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. It’s important because she set the stage for the Montgomery Bus Boycott and she struggled for Racial equality in the United States. -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was an important civil rights activist. Its important because he was a leader in the movement to end racial segregation in the United States. His most famous address was the "I Have A Dream" speech. He was an advocate of non-violent protest and became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -
JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling in a open-top convertible. The trip was to bring together a feuding Democratic Party in a state that was vital to Kennedy’s chances for reelection in 1964. His wife was riding in the car with him which she typically hardly did and also the presidents also hardly road with an open top. Its important because assassinations hardly happened and it really hit the US hard. -
Terrorism
The terrorist group," al-Queda" attacked the US four times in one day which killed 3,000 citizens of the US. The attack consisted of plane attacks, one crashed into the Pentagon, the other in a field, and two others hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center. This event was the first time the United States experienced terrorism in a while thats why its important. -
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African American
The first African American president of the United States is Barack Obama. He made US history when he ran and got elected as an African American president. This ended the streak of white presidents. Its important in history because he was the first black president. -
Las Vegas attack
On the night of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. ... Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, fired more than 1,100 rounds of ammunition from his suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel.
