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Piligrms adn Plymouth Rock 1500's
Plymouth Rock is the site where William Bradford and the Pilgrims disembarked. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. This was a time when Europe and America became industrial and urban. -
Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War was a war between Great Britian and the United States. The British attempted to raise taxes to the coloinsts, and they were not pleased. The United States wanted freedom, so they went to war. -
Declaration of Indepence
The Declaration of Independce states all of the Laws in the United States. Many poltical people signed the Declaration of Indepence. -
Civil War
The Civil War was a war between Northern United States and Southern United States. The reason they were at war was because the south felt that the nation needed slavery, but the north felt opposite of that. -
Louisana Purchase
The Louisana Purchase is important because it doubled the size of the United States. President Thomas Jefferson bought this land from France. -
WWI
World War I was a global war centered in Europe. It started when the Archduke of Austria was assianated. After that countries started blaming wach other for that. That is when the war began. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression started in late 1929 and ended in the early 1940s. It was a time period of horrible economic decline in the U.S. Many businesses failed and millions of people lost their jobs. -
Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was a time period where there were severe dust storms that damaged many praries in the United States. There was a severe drought that was part of the cause to the dust bowls. -
WWII
World War 2 lasted 6 years and millions of people died. It started when Hitler invaded Poland and killed millions of Jews from many countries. -
Cold War
The Cold War was when the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers for poltilcal reasons. It started in 1947 and ended in 1991. -
Assassination of John F. Kennady.
JFK was assassinated while riding in his car. He was shot in his neck and head. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was when Neil Armstrong was the first american to ever set foot on the moon. -
9/11
9/11 was when terroists group called Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 American Airlines and flew into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in a field in teh country. -
Election of Barack Obama
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and still is. He is the first African American to be president for the United States.
