US Timeline Final

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution
    The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    he Louisiana Purchase was a land purchase made by United States president, Thomas Jefferson, in 1803.
  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War
    The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South.
  • The Progressive Era

    The Progressive Era
    Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a political movement.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks a famous activist during the civil right movement, she was known as "The first lady of civil rights" (1913-2005)
  • World War I

    World War I
    Was a global war originating in Europe it lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Treaty of Versailles, outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, is rejected by the Senate.
  • The Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union,[b] officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939.
  • The Eighteenth Amendment

    The Eighteenth Amendment
    Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor.
  • The Manhattan Project

    The Manhattan Project
    The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
  • World war II

    World war II
    Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945
  • The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    Having again stayed out of the initial stages of another worldwide conflict, the U.S. entered World War II on the side of the Allies following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.( August 6-9)
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
  • The Cold War

    The Cold War
    The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states and the United States with its allies after World War II
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula.
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr

    Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
    The April 4, 1968, assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent civil rights leader, revealed the tragic, violent consequences .
  • 9/11

    9/11
    The attack were four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday.