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P.C.History project
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⟶ Updated 20 Dec 2018 ⟶
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Events
Colonist land at James Town
First university in colonies founded (Harvard College)
French and Indian Wars
Declaration of Independence signed
George Washington's inaugurated
War of 1812
Mexican War
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Civil War
Emancipation Declaration; slaves freed
Lincoln assassinated
Reconstruction
First transcontinental railroad completed
First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
Bill of Rights passed
Roosevelt succeedes McKinley
U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone
Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration
FBI is establishe
Pure Food and Drug Act
Woodrow Wilson becomes president
Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution is ratified,
World War I: U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany
World War One ends
Treaty of Versailles
First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated.
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Wilson's second inauguration.
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes
William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president.
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified
Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president.
President Harding dies suddenly. He is succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.
Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president.
Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president.
New Deal recovery measures are enacted by Congress.
Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition.
Works Progress Administration is established.
Social Security Act is passed.
F. Roosevelt's second inauguration.
Fair Labor Standards Act is passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour.
World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict.
F. Roosevelt's third inauguration. He is the first and only president elected to a third term.
Wright brothers’ flight
Washington DC becomes capital of national government
U.S. agrees to purchase Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands) for $25 million.