U.S. History Major Events Timeline Study Guide
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1957
July 4, 1776
1961 - 1989
2008
1950 - 1953
September 11, 2001
1962
1979
1946 – 1991
December 7, 1941
1969
1939 – 1945
1968
1929 – 1941
1965 – 1973
1929
1963
1861 – 1865
1914 – 1918
1870 – 1900
1917
1898
1890 - 1920
___ 1. Pearl Harbor attack
___ 2. Cold War
___ 3. World Trade Center terrorist attack
___ 4. Iran-Hostage Crisis
___ 5. Barack Obama elected President
___ 6. World War II
___ 7. Korean War
___ 8. Declaration of Independence
___ 9. USA lands on the moon
__ 10. Cuban Missile Crisis
__ 11. Sputnik I
__ 12. Berlin Wall
__ 13. Spanish-American War
__ 14. Gilded Age
__ 15. World War I
__ 16. John F. Kenned y assassinated
__ 17. Civil War
__ 18. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
__ 19. Stock Market Crash
__ 20. Great Depression
__ 21. Vietnam War
__ 22. Progressive Era
__ 23. U.S. enters WWI
1st Paragraph Introduction of Topic
Underline your THESIS STATEMENT
(last sentence of the
2ND
Paragraph Support of
1st
1st
paragraph)
item in your
Thesis Statement
3rd Paragraph Support of 2nd item in your
Thesis Statement
1st
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
2nd
Right to bear arms
4th
no illegal search and seizure
5th
Due Process, no self-incrimination, no Double
Jeopardy, Grand Jury
7th
Trial by Jury
13th Declared slavery illegal in the USA
14th Gave citizenship to slaves & “DUE PROCESS”
15th Slaves/citizens the right to vote – over 21 males only
16th Creates the Federal Income TAX
4th Paragraph
Support of 3rd item in your
Thesis Statement
5th Paragraph Conclusion
Summarize your ideas
Last paragraph – re-state your
17th Direct election of Senators – by us the voters
18th Started PROHIBITION (illegal to drink)
19th
Provides women the right to vote (suffrage)
20th Term of President & VP to end on Jan. 20th every 4 years
THESIS STATEMENT
21st
Ends PROHIBITION (Liquor is legal now)
and how/ why you
proved/supported it.
24th
Eliminated POLL TAX as requirement to vote
26th
Extends the right to vote to 18 yr. olds
___1. Prohibition starts – Volstead Act (drinking against the law)
___2. Creates the Federal Income Tax
___3. Gave citizenship to slaves & due process of law
___4. Provides women suffrage (right to vote)
___5. Extends the right to vote to 18 year olds
___6. provides for freedom of petition
___7. Declares slavery illegal in the USA
___8. Eliminated the Poll Tax as a requirement to vote
___9. Provides for direct election of Senators
___10. Provides for the right to bear arms
___11. Gave slaves/citizens the right to vote (over 21
___12. Ended Prohibition (drinking allowed)
yrs.)