Location : Southern United States

• During this period of time after the Civil War, many changes were starting to take place and were trying to address the issues that involved slavery.

Additional Source:

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

https://history.iowa.gov/history/education/educator-resources/primary-source-sets/reconstruction-and-its-impact#:~:text=The%20Reconstruction%20Era%20lasted%20from,between%20African%20Americans%20and%20whites.

Location : United States

• This act allows for the states to be required to write a new constitution, which requires these states to ratify the 13th and 14th amendment while still protecting African Americans

Additional Source :

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Civil_War_AdmissionReadmission.htm

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

Location : United States

• Following the 13th Amendment, this amendment was passed to allow for people that were born or naturalized in the United States to be considered a citizen, including former slaves

Additional Sources :

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/ 

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv

Location : United States

• This allows for newly appointed citizens from being unable to vote based on their color or race. Unfortunately there was a bump in the road that states used to but more restriction on voting.

Additional Source :

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/15th-amendment 

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-15/ 

Location : Ellis Island, New York City

• This immigration station opened as a new change to immigration in America, immigrants came from many countries, this center allowed for close examination of these individuals to allow them to start a life in America

Additional Source :

https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/ 

https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/ellis-island

Location : United States

• This decision by the Supreme Court established the "separate but equal" doctrine, allowing discrimination in public facilities because they considered that equal

Additional Sources :

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/plessy-v-ferguson 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Plessy-v-Ferguson-1896

Location : Washington, D.C.

• Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States when President William Mckinley was assassinated

Additional Sources :

https://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodore-Roosevelt 

Location : Europe

• Americans reluctantly entered Europes war and assisted in an allied victory while they still responded to threats that were still taking place on the home front

Additional Sources :

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

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-world-war

Location : United States

• This Amendment allowed for women to have the right to vote, it continued to serve as a remind to women to exercise her right under this amendment

Additional Sources :

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment 

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xix

Location : New York City, New York

• Also known as The Wall Street Crash of 1929, this event marked the beginning of the Great Depression in America, which was devastating

Additional Sources :

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/stock-market-crash-of-1929 

https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929 

Location : United States

• After President Franklin D Roosevelt was elected, he launched a new program called the New Deal that implemented address to economic challenges due to the Great Depression

Additional Sources :

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

https://www.archives.gov/seattle/exhibit/picturing-the-century/great-depression.html

Location : Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• This attack lead to why the U.S. entered the second World War, when Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

Additional Sources :

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/pearl-harbor-december-7-1941 

https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/pearl-harbor-fact-sheet-1.pdf

Location : Normandy, France

• Almost 133,000 troops from the U.S. landed on this day which launched a massive invasion, which was a huge turning point

Additional Sources : https://www.liberationroute.com/stories/124/d-day?gclid=CjwKCAiAu9yqBhBmEiwAHTx5p1KQGB8r_G7cl1VZWuJL8My98xQFvW-KDfRoNS1516Cr9iopLyWDFxoCrGEQAvD_BwE 

https://hertogfoundation.org/resources/the-d-day-invasion?gclid=CjwKCAiAu9yqBhBmEiwAHTx5p8ytc4xuFAOlHp-2h1sM1CW3bi_s_CqkF3wJvZQfebX8c0SQqkuOoRoCvvAQAvD_BwE

Location : Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

• The U.S. dropped these atomic bombs in hopes to put the War to an end, which lead to Japans surrender and the end of the war

Additional Sources :

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki 

https://www.britannica.com/question/Why-did-the-atomic-bombings-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki-happen#:~:text=It%20looked%20increasingly%20likely%20that,Pacific%20to%20a%20close%20sooner.

Location : Korea

• The Korean War when North Korea invaded South Korea in a coordinated attack along the 38th parallel

  
  

Additional Sources :

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

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-short-history-of-the-korean-war

Location : United States

• Supreme Courts decision that bans racial segregation in public schools

Additional Sources :

https://www.oah.org/tah/february-3/the-troubled-history-of-american-education-after-the-brown-decision/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3uGqBhDdARIsAFeJ5r0TEOk5M6yvsxo95hQ48YqHD1T27Rqc3JnbUO-NzJHQ8FJ1RNGeK5IaAmWxEALw_wcB 

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/brown-v-board-of-education

Location: Montgomery, Alabama

• Rosa Parks was arrested due to an situation on a bus, which lead to the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Additional Sources :

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott#rosa-parks-bus 

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/montgomery-bus-boycott

Location : United States

• This was signed into law in 1964 tjat outlawed discrimination based on color, race, religion, sex, or national origin

Additional Sources :

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act 

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act 

Location : United States

• This outlaws discrimination while voting after the civil war but required a literacy test as a prerequisite to voting

Additional Source :

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act

Location : Vietnam

• The U.S. joined into the Vietnam war, which caused a huge uproar and sparks protest all around

Additional Sources :

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

https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war

Location : Memphis, Tennessee

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot on the second floor of his balcony in a Motel he was staying at in Tennessee

Additional Sources :  https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/assassination-martin-luther-king-jr 

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report/part-2a.html#:~:text=Shortly%20after%206%20p.m.%20on,7%3A05%20p.m.%20at%20St.

Location : United States

• This Supreme Court case allows women to legally obtain and abortion in the United States

Additional Sources :

 https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/113/

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/roe-v-wade-and-supreme-court-abortion-cases?fbclid=IwAR2Kz765sUBsiwqWn8pUki4YpcoxJ5XIvEl-o3OJui8uI1lC__Ix_JJhJU4_aem_AfgrWAFkIRW408Mm01VaIrZ7E38XR6HSpUUMVtGivgFGN7waH7ALIX-9h5PpMj5bFbY

Location : Washington, D.C.

• This had a a huge impact on leadership when it lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation which land lead to a huge political crisis

Additional Sources :

https://www.history.com/topics/1970s/watergate 

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/watergate

Location : United States

• The Space Shuttle challenger exploded during ascent, all seven of the shuttle members died due to a external tank bursting

Additional Sources :

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/challenger-explodes 

https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/looking-back-at-the-space-shuttle-challenger-disaster/

Location : Kuwait and southern Iraq

• Also know as "Operation Desert Storm", this war was the invasion of Kuwait in 1991 and the destruction of this area

Additional Sources:

https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/gulf/stormsum

 https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/persian-gulf-war

Location : Global

• At the end of the Cold War it leads to the downfall of the Soviet Union, which is physically shown when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989

Additional Sources :

https://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp 

https://coldwar.unc.edu/theme/end-of-the-cold-war/

Location : New York City, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania

• Multiple terrorist on different planes hijacked them and crashed them into multiple things. Including the two World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and an unsuccessful hit but a field in Pennsylvania

Additional Sources :

https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks 

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

Location : Iraq

• Along with coalition forces the U.S. invaded Iraq, which lead to the capture eventually of Saddam Hussein

Additional Sources :

https://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov/research/topic-guides/the-iraq-war

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-timeline-of-the-iraq-war

Location : United States

• Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States and he served two full terms, and did many good things while he held office

Additional Sources :

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/barack-obama/ 

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/president-obama

Location : Nationwide

• The Black Lives Matter Movement breaks out and stands up fro racial justice while trying to put an end to police brutality

Additional Sources:

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

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/12/8-facts-about-black-lives-matter/