American History Honors Dates and Events
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- Revolutionary War
- 1775-1783
- First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia
- 1774
- Peter Minuit trades goods ($24 value) to Man-a-hat-a Indians for New Amsterdam
- 1626
- Ku Klux Klan formed
- 1866
- Treaty of Paris
- 1783
- The Constitution adopted
- 1787
- Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published.
- 1852
- Gold discovered in California. 50,000 people migrate.
- 1849
- Black Hawk War (Indian removal to OK)
- 1832
- Boston Tea Party (zenith of colonial tax protests)
- 1773
- Missouri Compromise
- 1820
- Mexican War
- 1846-1848
- War of 1812
- 1812-1815
- Salem Witch Trials. (20 executed)
- 1692
- British seize New Netherlands and the island New York.
- 1664
- John Cabot explores the NE coast of America.
- 1497
- St. Augustine founded; first settlement in what becomes the USA.
- 1565
- Capt. John Smith establishes first permanent English settlement (Jamestown, VA)
- 1607
- Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- 1854
- Dred Scott decision.
- 1857
- Abraham Lincoln (R) elected 16th president.
- 1860
- 7 southern states form Confederated States of America.
- 1861
- George Washington becomes the 1st president of the United States.
- 1789
- Bill of Rights adopted.
- 1791
- Plymouth Pilgrims leave Plymouth (Eng.) on the Mayflower (arrive at Cape Cod)
- 1620
- Mayflower Compact agreement to abide by new goverment's laws.
- 1620
- US involvement in WWI.
- 1917-1918
- 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
- 1919
- 19th Amendment (Women's suffrage)
- 1920
- Scopes Monkey Trial
- 1925
- Charles Linbergh first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1927
- "The Jazz Singer" released (first talking movie)
- 1927
- Who starred in "The Jazz Singer" (the first talking movie)?
- Al Jolson
- Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
- 1928
- St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- 1929
- Wall Street Crash
- 1929
- FDR becomes 32nd President. So called "100 Days" begin; "New Deal" starts
- 1933
- Francis Perkins becomes first female cabinet member.
- 1933
- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
- 1941
- US involvement in WWII.
- 1941-1945
- Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945
- Brown vs. Board of Education decision
- 1954
- Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in MLB.
- 1947
- US leads UN action in Korean War.
- 1950-1953
- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat.
- 1955
- U2 spy plane shot down over USSR.
- 1960
- Bay of Pigs invasion fails.
- 1961
- John Glenn becomes first American in space (Yuri Gagatin was first)
- 1962
- JFK assasinated; Lee Harvey Oswald charged with murder.
- 1963
- Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
- 1964
- US involvement in Vietnam.
- 1964-1973
- Thurgood Marshall becomes 1st black Supreme Court Justice.
- 1967
- MLK assasinated; James Earl Ray charged with murder.
- 1968
- Riots at Kent State University
- 1970
- "Watergate Scandal" breaks (Nixon resigns in 1974)
- 1973
- OPEC bans oil exports to the US for its support of Israel in Yom Kippur War.
- 1973
- Bakke v. University of California rules against racial quotas.
- 1978
- US Embassy hostage crisis in Iran begins (lasts 444 days)
- 1979
- Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice.
- 1981
- Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space.
- 1983
- Wall Street drops 508 points in one day
- 1987
- Operation Desert Shield and Storm against Iraq.
- 1990-1991
- LA riots follow the "Rodney King Verdict"
- 1992
- One of the closest Presidential elections in history between G. Bush and A. Gore decided in Florida recount.
- 2000-2001
- Were the officers acquitted in the Rodney King Verdict?
- Yes
- Columbus sights the Bahamas.
- 1492
- Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
- 1803
- Lewis and Clark expedition begins (settlement of Oregon begins in 1842)
- 1804
- Abraham Lincoln assasinated by John Wilkes Booth.
- 1865
- 13th Amendment abolishes slavery
- 1865
- Civil War
- 1861-1865
- Marbury v. Madison decision
- 1803
- US acquires Alaska ($7.2 million)
- 1867
- Who did Thomas Jefferson purchase Louisiana from?
- France
- Transcontinetal railroad completed.
- 1869
- James Garfield assasinated by Charles Guiteau.
- 1881
- Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" published.
- 1884
- Battle of Wounded Knee.
- 1890
- Ellis Island opened
- 1892
- Who was president when the United States acquired Alaska?
- Eisenhower
- Plessy v. Fergusson decision
- 1896
- Spanish-American War
- 1898
- William McKinley assasinated by Leon Czogosz.
- 1901
- True or False: Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders were his army in the Spanish-American War.
- True
- Wright Brothers "fly" in the Kitty Hawk in North Carolina
- 1903
- First Model-T produced ($850)
- 1908
- What was the Model T Ford's nickname?
- Tin Lizzie
- First transcontinental telephone call
- 1915
- Lusitania sunk (127 US citizens die)
- 1915
- Jeanette Rankin becomes first elected woman to the House of Reps.
- 1916
- Annexation of Texas
- 1845
- Articles of Confederation
- 1781
- The Alamo
- 1836
- Did the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling admit blacks into schools?
- Yes
- What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case?
- Kept Dred Scott as a slave
- What was the decison of Plessy v. Fergusson case?
- That blacks should have equal but seperate treatment as whites.
- Where did Lewis and Clark's expedition begin
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Where was the Constitution adopted?
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Where was the Ku Klux Klan formed?
- Pulaski, Tennessee
- Where was the Scopes Monkey Trial located?
- Dayton, Tennessee
- Name reasons for the Kent State Riots
- (1) Vietnam War; (2) termination of the ROTC program; (3) dismissal of certain administrators
- Who fought in the War of 1812?
- America and Britan
- Who succeeded President Nixon?
- Gerald Ford
- Who was the president at the time of Lewis and Clark?
- Jefferson
- Why was the Mexican War fought?
- Annexation of Texas
- 26th Amendment lowered voting age to 18
- 1971
- Apollo 11 lands safely on the moon; Neil Armstrong 1st man to walk on the moon.
- 1969
- What cabinet position did Francis Perkins hold in FDR's first administration?
- Secretary of Labor
- Who lead both sides of the Alamo?
- For the Mexican side: General Santa Anna. For the Texan side: William B, Travis led the regular army and Jim Bowie for the volunteers
- What was the main intention of the 1st Continental Congress of 1774?
- Declaration of rights and grievences and telling the ppl to boycott trade with britain
- What was the 1st Indian tribe in contact with Jamestown settlement?
- Powhatan tribe, most likely.
- What event led an escalation in US involvement in Indochina?
- The Tonkin Gulf incident: because the Vietnamese boats fired at American Warships in international water
- What document bonded colonies in 1781?
- Articles of the Confederation
- What was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
- Paris Peace Treaty
- What was the margin of victory for G. Washington in the first electoral college of 1789?
- It was unanimous