What major event happened in 1917?

US enters WWI after intercepting Zimmerman Telegram

What major event happened in 1861?

Kansas is admitted as a state, Civil War starts at Fort Sumter

What major event happened in 1898?

Spanish-American War starts - mostly starts due to yellow journalism

What major event happened in 1776?

The British colonies declared independence

What major event happened in 2008?

Another big recession happens and a financial crisis ensues

What major event happened in 1962?

Cuban Missile Crisis - closest nuclear missiles come to continental US

What major event happened in 1803?

Louisiana Purchase for $15 million made by Jefferson

What major event happened in 1960?

Civil Rights Act - government registers black voters

What major event happened in 1866?

Civil Rights Act is passed despite Johnson's veto - gives blacks rights

What major event happened in 1954?

Brown v. Board of Ed - overturns Plessy v. Ferguson, no school segregation, Geneva Conference - reduction of nuclear weapons, divide Vietnam

What major event happened in 2016?

Hillary Clinton wins the popular vote but loses election to Donald Trump

What major event happened in 1912?

The Titanic sinks after crashing into an iceberg, Woodrow Wilson wins the election due to split between Taft and FDR

What major event happened in 1877?

Compromise - Hayes becomes president and troops withdraw from South

What major event happened in 1929?

Great Stock Market Crash - Great Depression starts

What major event happened in 1876?

US v. Reese allows voting qualifications (poll tax, literacy test, etc)

What major event happened in 1887?

Dawes Severalty Act - gov't breaks up land individually (fails)

What major event happened in 1620?

Mayflower Compact is signed and Plymouth colony is established

What major event happened in 1890?

Sherman Antitrust Act passed - first attempt to regulate trusts

What major event happened in 2001?

9/11 - Twin Towers in NYC are bombed by islamic radical terrorist

What major event happened in 1968?

Vietnamization begins - war extends and Americans lose hope, opinion shifts

What major event happened in 1824?

"Corrupt Bargain" where John Quincy Adams

What major event happened in 1919?

18th amendment passed - outlawing use or distribution of alcohol

What major event happened in 1973?

Roe v. Wade declares that restricting abortion is unconstitutional, Treaty of Paris ends Vietnam War

What major event happened in 1849?

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War., California Gold Rush starts

What major event happened in 1800?

Thomas Jefferson elected president, begins "Era of Good Feelings"

What major event happened in 1937?

Neutrality Act - "Cash n' carry" policy

What major event happened in 1763?

Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War

What major event happened in 1932?

Bonus Army - veterans march to collect bonuses, violence used to stop them

What major event happened in 1789?

George Washington is inaugurated as the first president of the US

What major event happened in 1941?

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and US enters WWII

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What major event happened in 1917?
USS Lusitania sunk by a German U-Boat
US enters WWI after intercepting Zimmerman Telegram
Roosevelt Corollary - made US an international police force
The Palmer Raids - conducted during first red scare to capture leftists
2
What major event happened in 1963?
All of the above
March on Washington - MLK I Have a Dream speech
Kennedy assassinated by Oswald
Test Ban Treaty - no nuclear testing in atmosphere or ocean
3
What major event happened in 1980?
Iran hostages finally released
All of the above
US boycotts Olympics to protest USSR invading Afghanistan
Reagan wins election with "Reaganomics" to fix the economy
4
What major event happened in 1861?
Dred Scott case and decision
Kansas is admitted as a state
Civil War starts at Fort Sumter
Crittenden Compromise
5
What major event happened in 1898?
Interstate Commerce Act - regulates RR and private businesses
Spanish-American War starts - mostly starts due to yellow journalism
Cross of Gold Speech - bimetalism
Pullman Strike for higher wages and better condition
6
What major event happened in 1945?
All of the above
Yalta Conference occurs between USSR, US, and Great Britain
Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Germany and Japan surrender, ending WWII
7
What major event happened in 1776?
The British colonies declared independence
Pennsylvania is founded
Cotton gin is invented - reinvigorates using slavery for profit in US
Fries Uprising opposing federal property tax
8
What major event happened in 2008?
US and NATO attack Serbia to stop ethnic cleansing happening there
Oklahoma City bombing - act of terrorism and terrorist is killed
Senate acquits Clinton on both of his charges (finds him not guilty)
Another big recession happens and a financial crisis ensues
9
What major event happened in 1962?
Cuban Missile Crisis - closest nuclear missiles come to continental US
Korean War starts
GI Bill provides benefits for veterans
Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro fails
10
What major event happened in 1803?
Alien and Sedition Acts
Louisiana Purchase for $15 million made by Jefferson
Jay Treaty is signed
Whiskey Rebellion
11
What major event happened in 1960?
Little Rock 10 - school desegregation
Alaska and Hawaii admitted as states
Civil Rights Act - government registers black voters
NASA formed (scientific race with USSR)
12
What major event happened in 1866?
Civil War ends
Sand Creek Massacre - defenseless Native American village attacked
Civil Rights Act is passed despite Johnson's veto - gives blacks rights
13th Amendment passed - ends slavery in the US
13
What major event happened in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Ed - overturns Plessy v. Ferguson, no school segregation
NATO is established (North Atlantic Trade Organiztion)
Geneva Conference - reduction of nuclear weapons, divide Vietnam
Armed forces are desegregated by Truman
14
What major event happened in 2016?
All of the above
Hillary Clinton wins the popular vote but loses election to Donald Trump
Affordable Care Act is signed (Obamacare)
Boston Marathon bombing
15
What major event happened in 1912?
The Titanic sinks after crashing into an iceberg
Upton Sinclair writes The Jungle and exposes the meat-packing industry
Pure Food and Drug Act - Established Food and Drug Administration
Woodrow Wilson wins the election due to split between Taft and FDR
16
What major event happened in 1877?
Civil Rights Act
Carnegie Steel monopoly is prosecuted
Compromise - Hayes becomes president and troops withdraw from South
Alaskan purchase - often called Seward's Folly or Seward's icebox
17
What major event happened in 1989?
Berlin Wall comes down
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman Supreme Court Justice
Assassination attempt on Reagan
US bombs terrorist targets in Libya
18
What major event happened in 1929?
Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is published
The KKK peaks
Revenue Act decreases taxes
Great Stock Market Crash - Great Depression starts
19
What major event happened in 1876?
Knights of Labor Union formed in secret
US v. Reese allows voting qualifications (poll tax, literacy test, etc)
Tenure of Office Act
14th Amendment passed - all persons born/naturalized in US are citizens
20
What major event happened in 1887?
Dawes Severalty Act - gov't breaks up land individually (fails)
Haymarket incident
Dust Bowl begins
More Jim Crow laws are passed
21
What major event happened in 1620?
House of Burgesses is established in Virginia
Mayflower Compact is signed and Plymouth colony is established
America is "discovered"
First slaves are brought to British colonies
22
What major event happened in 1890?
Sherman Antitrust Act passed - first attempt to regulate trusts
Chinese Exclusion Act passed
American Federation of Labor formed
Hull House founded by Jane Addams
23
What major event happened in 2001?
Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky is revealed
Bill Clinton is impeached on perjury and obstruction of justice
All of the above
9/11 - Twin Towers in NYC are bombed by islamic radical terrorist
24
What major event happened in 1968?
US enters Vietnam War
24th amendment - bans poll tax
Vietnamization begins - war extends and Americans lose hope, opinion shifts
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
25
What major event happened in 1824?
Transcontinental Treaty (gets Florida from Spain)
"Corrupt Bargain" where John Quincy Adams
Land Act goes into effect and encourages people to buy more land
Second Great Awakening
26
What major event happened in 1919?
Immigration Act restricts immigration
18th amendment passed - outlawing use or distribution of alcohol
Espionage and Sedition Acts passed
Harlem Renaissance begins after Great Migration
27
What major event happened in 1973?
Nixon visits communist China and Russia to ease tensions
Roe v. Wade declares that restricting abortion is unconstitutional
Treaty of Paris ends Vietnam War
Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon
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What major event happened in 1849?
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War.
Sewing machine invented
Bank of US recharter is vetoed by Tyler
California Gold Rush starts
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What major event happened in 1800?
Alexander Hamilton is elected president, begins tumultuous period
First National Bank of US is chartered
Bill of Rights is ratified
Thomas Jefferson elected president, begins "Era of Good Feelings"
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What major event happened in 1937?
Neutrality Act - "Cash n' carry" policy
Revenue Act to tax the wealthy
NYE investigation determines the cause of WWI
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is written
31
What major event happened in 1763?
King George's War (war about Austrian succession)
Boston Massacre
Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War
Bacon's rebellion
32
What major event happened in 1932?
Bonus Army - veterans march to collect bonuses, violence used to stop them
Trail of Tears - Southern Native Americans removed from Oklahoma
All of the above
Smoot-Hawley Tariff - high protective tariff
33
What major event happened in 1789?
George Washington is inaugurated as the first president of the US
Great Compromise is signed (bicameral legislature, equal and population)
Treaty of Paris is signed
Treaty of Alliance between US and France
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What major event happened in 1941?
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and US enters WWII
National Labor Relations Board is set up and put into effect
Plessy v. Ferguson - "Separate but equal"
First ever peace-time draft is put into effect

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