Important Dates
1974:
A.President Kennedy is assassinated.
B.Richard Nixon resigns as President.
C.The Beatles arrive in America.
D.The Korean War begins.
B. Richard Nixon resigns as
President.
July 1776:
A.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
B.Columbus lands in the Bahamas.
C.The Declaration of Independence is signed.
D.Slavery ends.
C. The Declaration of
Independence is signed.
1836:
A.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
B.The battle of the Alamo leads to Texas
independence.
C.The American Revolution begins.
D.George Washington becomes the first U.S.
President.
B. The battle of the Alamo
leads to Texas independence
1991:
A.MTV begins broadcasting.
B.The Korean War begins.
C.The first Gulf War begins.
D.Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
C. The first Gulf War begins.
1898:
A.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
B.The Spanish-American War leads to
overseas expansion of the U.S.
C.Cherokees are forced to walk the “Trail of
Tears.”
D.Columbus lands in the Bahamas.
B. The Spanish-American War
leads to overseas expansion
of the U.S.
c1000:
A.Columbus lands in the Bahamas.
B.The Declaration of Independence is signed.
C.Vikings establish settlements in New
Foundland, Canada.
D.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomatox.
C. Vikings establish settlements
in New Foundland, Canada
This is the war where the White House was
burned:
A.The American Revolution
B.The Vietnam War
C.The War of 1812
D.World War 1
C. The War of 1812
1492:
A.World War 1 begins.
B.Columbus lands in the Bahamas.
C.World War 2 begins.
D.The American Revolution begins.
B. Columbus lands in the
Bahamas.
October 24, 1929:
A.Pearl Harbor is bombed.
B.World War 1 begins.
C.The stock market crash sets off the Great
Depression.
D.Cherokees are forced to walk the “Trail of
Tears.”
C. The stock market crash sets
off the Great Depression.
1964:
A.American troops are officially fighting the
Vietnam War.
B.World War 2 begins.
C.Martin Luther King, Jr. is assasinated.
D.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
A. American troops are
officially fighting the Vietnam
War.
1969:
A.Armstrong and Aldrin land on the moon
and Woodstock takes place.
B.Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy
are assassinated.
C.The Vietnam War begins.
D.Schools are ordered desegregated.
A. Armstrong and Aldrin land
on the moon and Woodstock
takes place.
1950:
A.World War 2 begins.
B.The Vietnam War begins.
C.The Korean War begins.
D.The first atomic bombs are used.
C. The Korean War begins.
1789:
A.George Washington becomes the first
President of the United States.
B.Columbus lands in the Bahamas.
C.Slavery ends.
D.The Declaration of Independence is
signed.
A. George Washington
becomes the first President of
the United States.
April 9, 1865:
A.World War 1 begins.
B.World War 2 begins.
C.Slavery begins.
D.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
D. Lee surrenders to Grant at
Appomattox.
August 6, 1945:
A.The first atomic bomb ever used is
dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
B.World War 2 begins.
C.American soldiers fight in the Vietnam
War.
D.American soldiers fight in the Korean War.
A. The first atomic bomb ever
used is dropped on
Hiroshima, Japan.
1607:
A.The colony at Jamestown, Virginia is
settled.
B.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
C.The American Revolution begins.
D.Slavery is abolished.
A. The colony at Jamestown,
Virginia is settled.
1964:
A.Columbus lands in the Bahamas.
B.The Civil Rights Acts are passed.
C.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
D.President Kennedy is assassinated.
B. The Civil Rights Acts are
passed.
1963:
A.President Kennedy is assassinated.
B.Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy
are assassinated.
C.Abraham Lincoln is assasinated.
D.Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
A. President Kennedy is
assassinated.
1775:
A.Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
B.World War 1 begins.
C.Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
D.The American Revolutionary War begins.
D. The American Revolutionary
War begins.
December 7, 1941:
A.World War 1 begins.
B.World War 2 begins.
C.The stock market crash sets off the Great
Depression.
D.Japan bombs the U.S. at Pearl Harbor.
D. Japan bombs the U.S. at
Pearl Harbor.
1838:
A.World War 1 begins.
B. Cherokees and other Indians are removed
along the “Trail of Tears.”
C.Slavery ends.
D.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
B. Cherokees and other Indians
are removed along the “Trail
of Tears.”
1954:
A.World War 2 begins.
B.The Supreme Court orders school
desegregation.
C.Martin Luther King, Jr. is assasinated.
D.The Vietnam War begins.
B. The Supreme Court orders
school desegregation.
1848:
A.The Mexican-American war leads to the
annexation of parts of the Southwestern
United States.
B.Vikings settle in New Foundland, Canada.
C.World War 1 begins.
D.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
A. The Mexican-American war
leads to the annexation of
parts of the Southwestern
United States.
1914:
A.World War 1 begins.
B.The Vietnam War begins.
C.Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
D.The Spanish-American war ends.
A. World War 1 begins.
1962:
A.World War 2 begins.
B.President Kennedy is assassinated.
C.The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs.
D.The Vietnam War begins.
C. The Cuban Missile Crisis
occurs.
April 14, 1865:
A.The Civil War begins.
B.Slavery is outlawed.
C.President Lincoln is assassinated.
D.Jamestown is founded.
C. President Lincoln is
assassinated.