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Important American History Dates
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1. A bomb on hiroshima
1915
1958
1970
August 6 1945
2. Prohibition Repealed by 21st Amendment
December 1933
1954
May 1787
September 1796
3. End of Millitary Reconstruction
1856
1877
April 1775
December 1791
4. Bessemer Process of Making Steel Introduced
1927
1917
July 1-3 1863
1856
5. Kent state riots
600
August 14 1945
July 1-3 1863
1970
6. British Surrender at Yorktown
October 1777
1819
1781
1877
7. Half-Way Covenant
1662
Oct 1929
March 1770
Oct 1929
8. End of Millitary Reconstruction
1963
1877
August 14 1945
1927
9. Lincoln assasinated
December 1775
Oct 1929
December 1913
April 14 1865
10. First Transcontinental Railroad completed
December 1791
1869
August 14 1945
September 11 - 2001
11. Fed Reserve Act
1607
August 14 1945
October 1777
December 1913
12. Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
1958
December 1775
1754
1832
13. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
May 1787
1619
1917
April 9th 1865
14. Kent state riots
1970
1804
1921
July 1-3 1863
15. Japan Surrenders
August 14 1945
1804
December 1913
December 7 1941
16. Prohibitory Act
1869
1819
December 1775
1730's
17. Bessemer Process of Making Steel Introduced
1921
1856
March 1770
1607
18. Adoption of 16th Amendment
Jan 1848
1804
1819
Feb 1913
19. Japan Surrenders
1819
1732
October 1777
August 14 1945
20. Harvard Founded
1662
1636
1619
December 1791
21. Settlement of Jamestown
1619
August 6 1945
1607
1877
22. Bill of RIghts Ratified
1732
1662
April 1775
December 1791
23. John Browns Raid
1869
1859
1832
December 1913
24. Calling of Legislative Assembly of Virginia
1619
October 1777
December 1913
1887
25. Prohibitory Act
1915
April 1861
December 1775
December 1913
26. Haymarket Riot
September 1796
1877
1958
1886
27. Georgia Settled
December 7 1941
1732
1963
1886
28. Missouri Compromise
1963
1819
1886
August 6 1945
29. Missouri Compromise
May 1787
1819
April 1861
1754
30. Brown V Board of Ed
1662
1955
1859
1954
31. Half-Way Covenant
1958
July 1-3 1863
1662
1636
32. Terrorist Attack
1607
1662
September 11 - 2001
1921
33. National Review Begun
Jan 1815
December 7 1941
1955
December 1791
34. Waco Disasters
1781
April 14 1865
September 11 - 2001
1993
35. Battles of Lenxington and Concord
October 1777
December 1775
April 1775
September 11 - 2001
36. Gettysburg
July 1-3 1863
December 1913
1619
April 14 1865
37. Watts Riot
August 6 1945
1887
September 1796
1965
38. National Review Begun
1954
April 1861
May 1787
1955
39. Battles of Lenxington and Concord
600
1859
1877
April 1775
40. Haymarket Riot
Jan 1815
1886
1927
1819
41. Constitutional Convention Begins
October 1777
1619
May 1787
1887
42. British Surrender at Yorktown
1781
December 1913
September 11 - 2001
August 14 1945
43. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
April 9th 1865
April 14 1865
1970
December 1933
44. Lindberghs solo flight across the Atlantic
1927
Feb 1913
1886
1832
45. Stock Market Crash
1869
Oct 1929
1804
1732
46. Lewis and Clark Expedition
1921
1804
1869
1732
47. French and Indian War
December 7 1941
1754
1856
1730's
48. Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
1832
April 1861
1662
1619
49. Constitutional Convention Begins
December 1775
December 7 1941
May 1787
September 1796
50. First Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869
1886
Jan 1848
1636