1869

Located on the East and West coasts of the U.S.

• For further information:

  • https://news.stanford.edu/2019/05/08/first-transcontinental-railroad-stanford-forever-linked/#:~:text=One%20hundred%20and%20fifty%20years,of%20the%20First%20Transcontinental%20Railroad.

    
    

    
    

1856-1877

In the United States, especially in the southern states that had been part of the Confederacy during the Civil War

• For further information:

  • https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction

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1890s to the 1920s

Was mainly in the United States as well as other countries

• For further information:

  • https://rockthevote.org/explainers/the-19th-amendment/?source=googlead&gclid=CjwKCAiApuCrBhAuEiwA8VJ6Jof25koKBM4Xwv1zlYRyzjozzY4rrvh8eHMvdyYcXsXDdlSFS_XRlRoChr4QAvD_BwE

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1898

In the Caribbean and the Pacific

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Spanish-American-War

1914-1918

Took place in Europe

• For further information:

  • https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history

1920s - 1930s

A global economic downturn

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/Great-Depression

1930s

United States

• For further information:

  • https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/new-deal

1939-1945

A global conflict

• For further information:

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/the-war?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApuCrBhAuEiwA8VJ6Jsu6GudpxjYbRp_4ekvwKTTLS0bkF4QdTaRnfoStYosQbuVdOFGHgxoClQcQAvD_BwE

1950s - 1960s

In the U.S. primarily across the Southern States

• For further information :

  • https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/post-war-united-states-1945-1968/civil-rights-movement/#:~:text=Civil%20Rights%20March%20from%20Selma,arose%20across%20the%20United%20States.

1950-1953

East Asia

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War

1962

Was in and around Cuba

• For further information:

  • https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis#:~:text=The%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis%20of,came%20closest%20to%20nuclear%20conflict.

1955 - 1975

In Vietnam

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War

1969

Happened on the Moon!

• For further information:

  • https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/

1972 - 1974

In Washington, D.C.

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Watergate-Scandal

1970s

Various countries, particularly in the U.S. and parts of Western Europe

• For further information:

  • https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/the-1973-oil-crisis-three-crises-in-one-and-the-lessons-for-today/

1973

Originated in Texas but was heard at the federal level in the Supreme Court located in Washington, D.C.

• For further information:

  • https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/roe-v-wade?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApuCrBhAuEiwA8VJ6JhmhEq45Sz1knFHWI-yXkGYfsLPmS7vv65fXS7V__n4yoqEbSN6tpBoCfZkQAvD_BwE

1979 - 1981

In Tehran, the capital city of Iran

• For further information

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-hostage-crisis

1945 - 1991

United States and its allies

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Cold-War

1989

In Berlin

• For further information:

  • https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall

1990-1991

Middle East

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Persian-Gulf-War

1990s

United States

• For further information:

  • https://www.aei.org/pethokoukis/explaining-1990s-economic-boom-hillary/

September 11, 2001

New York City and Washington D.C.

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/September-11-attacks

2001- present

Afghanistan, located in Central and South Asia

• For further information:

  • https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-war-afghanistan

2003 - 2011

Iraq is located in the Middle East

• For further information:

  • https://www.britannica.com/event/Iraq-War

2008

Washington D.C.

• For further information:

  • https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/barack-obama#:~:text=When%20Barack%20Obama%20was%20elected,two%2Dterm%20tenure%20in%20office.

2010

United States

• For further information:

  • https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/affordable-care-act/

2010 - present

United States

• For further information

  • https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0016241/

2020 - present

Globally

• For further information:

  • https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/covid-19-coronavirus/?gclid=CjwKCAiApuCrBhAuEiwA8VJ6Jo-Ku6-fZOxaOFIswsXe6I4gNmfXXI6EOJmh4dzR3U0tRbQ0kx9qaxoChNQQAvD_BwE

2021

U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.

• For further information:

  • https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/the-january-6-attack-on-the-u-s-capitol

2000s - present

Globally

• For further information:

  • https://www.earthadvantage.org/initiatives/climate-justice.html?gclid=CjwKCAiApuCrBhAuEiwA8VJ6JolhHIAMklvRxgjS8NpoceNELa_R63viPyRM2iLaddqnRXdo-atISxoCxdcQAvD_BwE