-
-
The Revolutionary War was the American War of independence in the United States. Americas goal was to overthrow the kingdom of Great Britians control.
-
The declaration of independence is a document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown by the congressional representatives of the Thirteen Colonies, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.
-
The Industrial Revolution was the development of industry that occurred in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was characterized by the use of steam power, the growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured goods.
-
The Louisiana Purchase was the territory sold by France that included the western part of the Mississippi valley and the modern state of Louisiana.
-
The civil war was a fight between the northern US states (Union) and the Southern US states (Confederate).
-
World War I was a global war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy, and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
-
World War II was a global war fought from 1939 to 1945, in which Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, and other allies defeated Germany, Italy, and Japan.
-
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.
-
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies.
-
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc.
-
The Vietnam War was a battle between communist North Vietnam and US-backed South Vietnam that lasted for about 20 years.
-
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
-
On 9/11, two hijacked commercial airliners were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City and killed about 3,000 people.
-
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on by John Wilkes Booth on Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close.
