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Top 40 events that changed America's history forever
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History
12th Grade
09/12/2011

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Term
1492
Definition
First voyage of Columbus to the "New World"
Term
1588
Definition
Defeat of the Spanish Armada by England
Term
1607
Definition
English Settlement begins with the founding of Jamestown
Term
1620
Definition
Pilgrim's arrival at Plymouth in New England
Term
1763
Definition

Peace of Paris ends French and Indian War

/Proclamation Line

Term
1776
Definition
Declaration of American Independence
Term
1781-87
Definition
Critical period (Articles of Confederation)
Term
1789
Definition

Ratification of US Constitution

/New Govt. established

Term
1800
Definition

Election of Jefferson

/Transfer of Power to new political party

Term
1803
Definition
Jefferson purchases Louisiana from the French
Term
1828
Definition
Election of Andrew Jackson
Term
1838
Definition
Trail of Tears (Cherokee Removal)
Term
1845
Definition
"Manifest Destiny" reaches peak
Term
1850
Definition

Compromise of 1850 delays Civil War

by 10 years

Term
1860
Definition
Election of Lincoln/beginnin of Southern Secession
Term
1861-1865
Definition
American Civil  War
Term
1864-1877
Definition
Reconstruction Period in the South
Term
1890
Definition

Census Bureau Announces the

End of the Frontier

Term
1896
Definition

Election of McKinley

/End of populast movement

Term
1898
Definition
Spanish-American War
Term
1898-1917
Definition
Progressive Era
Term
1914-1918
Definition
World War I
Term
1929
Definition

Crash of stock market marks beginning

of the Great Depression

Term
1932
Definition
Election of Franklin Roosevelt
Term
1941
Definition
Pearl Harbor/US enters World War II
Term
1945
Definition

Yalta Conference; V-E day and V-J day end

WWII in Europe and Japan

Term
1947
Definition
Truman Doctrine
Term
1950-53
Definition
Korean Conflict
Term
1957
Definition
Sputnik; Birth of a History Teacher
Term
1963
Definition
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Term
1964
Definition
Civil Rights Act; Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Term
1964-1973
Definition
Direct involvement by US in Vietnam
Term
1968
Definition

Tet Offensive in Vietnam;

Anti-war Demonstrations;

Riots at Democratic Convention;

Assassination of MLK and RFK

Term
1974
Definition
Resignation of Richard Nixon/ Watergate
Term
1979
Definition
Establishment of Formal Relations with China
Term
1979-81
Definition
Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days
Term
1980
Definition

Election of Ronald Reagan marks

Conservative Political swing

Term
1989
Definition

End of Cold War;

Fall of Berlin wall and political changes in Eastern Europe

Term
1991
Definition
Golf War
Term
2000
Definition
Bush vs. Gore Supreme Court Decision
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