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Explore the pivotal moments that defined American history, including the First Shots of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861, the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and D-Day during World War II in 1944. Each event not only marks a significant date but also represents a shift in the nation’s destiny. From the end of the French and Indian War to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, these milestones illustrate the complex journey of America through challenges, wars, social movements, and transformations.
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AP US Review Dates One day more. Another day, another destiny.
1861 Beginning of Civil War (first shots = Fort Sumter first battle = Manassas/First Bull Run)
1763 End of French & Indian War Proclamation of 1763 Beginning of Revolutionary Period
1944 D-Day
1989 Fall of Berlin Wall
1607 Jamestown
1963 Assassination of JFK
1814 End of French & Indian War (by Treaty of Ghent) Battle of New Orleans
1941 Pearl Harbor = US entry into WW2
1832 Tariff of Abominations
1954 Brown v. Board of Education Fall of DienBienPhu – beginning of American involvement in Vietnam
1920 19th Amendment = Women’s suffrage
1754 Beginning of French & Indian War Albany Plan
1896 Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal)
1776 Declaration of Independence
1968 Tet Offensive M L King & R F Kennedy assassinated LBJ doesn’t run for re-election USS PUEBLO seized Police Riots at Democratic Natl. Convention
1919 18th Amendment = Prohibition Treaty of Versailles
1800 “Revolution” of 1800 = 1st peaceful transfer of power
1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 = ended segregation Gulf of Tonkin Resolution = escalated US involvement in Vietnam
1877 Compromise of 1877 = ended Reconstruction
2001 9/11 = Bush Doctrine (US would go after nations who support terrorism)
1620 Mayflower Compact
1898 Spanish-American War (ended by Treaty of Paris, 1898)
1836 Texas Independence
1929 Stock Market Crash
1776 Duh.
1846 Beginning of Mexican-American War
1945 End of WW2 US atomic bomb on Hiroshima/Nagasaki
1865 End of Civil War (surrender = Appomattox Courthouse) Assassination of Lincoln
1914 Beginning of WW1 w/ assassination of Franz Ferdinand
1973 America withdrawal from Vietnam Watergate Investigation
1789 Ratification of Constitution G-Dub as 1st president
1932 Inauguration of FDR
1820 Missouri Compromise
1954 Brown v. Board of Education Fall of DienBienPhu begins American involvement in Vietnam
1803 Marbury v. Madison = judicial review Louisiana Purchase
1492 Columbus discovers New World
1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
1991 End of Cold War Fall of Soviet Union
1848 End of Mexican-American War (with Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo)
1939 Beginning of WW2 (Nazi invasion of Poland)
1917 American entry into WW1
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis