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Important American History Dates
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1. Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804
1921
May 1787
1917
2. Calling of Legislative Assembly of Virginia
600
1619
1970
July 1-3 1863
3. Pearl Harbor
1921
Jan 1848
December 7 1941
1754
4. Boston Massacre
1898
1804
May 1787
March 1770
5. Half-Way Covenant
1915
1993
1662
April 1861
6. Bill of RIghts Ratified
December 1775
December 1791
1963
1887
7. Spanish American War
December 1791
1898
1662
December 1791
8. Prohibitory Act
Oct 1929
December 1775
1887
April 1861
9. Harvard Founded
1927
September 1796
1730's
1636
10. Bessemer Process of Making Steel Introduced
1856
1898
August 14 1945
April 9th 1865
11. Scopes trial
September 11 - 2001
December 7 1941
December 1913
1921
12. Scopes trial
1955
1781
1958
1921
13. Georgia Settled
September 11 - 2001
1662
1732
April 9th 1865
14. Watts Riot
December 1913
1917
1636
1965
15. Sinking of the lusitania
600
December 1933
1730's
1915
16. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
1886
April 9th 1865
1915
1607
17. Haymarket Riot
Jan 1815
1886
September 1796
1915
18. Waco Disasters
December 1933
1869
May 1787
1993
19. Washington's Farewell address
August 6 1945
September 1796
1965
1887
20. Prohibition Repealed by 21st Amendment
1927
April 1861
December 1933
1856
21. Constitutional Convention Begins
1970
May 1787
1993
1859
22. Prohibition Repealed by 21st Amendment
1856
1898
December 1933
1970
23. Organization of John Birch Society
Jan 1848
1730's
1958
1927
24. Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
December 1791
1927
1832
1955
25. John Browns Raid
1607
August 14 1945
August 6 1945
1859
26. Battles of Lenxington and Concord
April 1861
1915
1856
April 1775
27. Interstate Comerce Act
Jan 1848
1954
December 1933
1887
28. Terrorist Attack
1963
August 6 1945
1965
September 11 - 2001
29. Lindberghs solo flight across the Atlantic
July 1-3 1863
1927
1732
December 1791
30. Fed Reserve Act
1886
December 1933
1832
December 1913
31. Waco Disasters
1993
1886
October 1777
1732
32. Adoption of 16th Amendment
1754
May 1787
Feb 1913
1965
33. Bolshevik Revolution
1781
1958
September 1796
1917
34. British Surrender at Yorktown
1781
1898
1859
1662
35. Battle of New Orleans
1965
August 6 1945
Jan 1815
December 1791
36. Great Awakening
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37. Settlement of Jamestown
1607
1662
1958
September 1796
38. Stock Market Crash
March 1770
1781
December 7 1941
Oct 1929
39. Half-Way Covenant
December 1933
1730's
1877
1662
40. Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
1965
1917
1898
1832
41. Haymarket Riot
Jan 1815
1869
1886
March 1770
42. Japan Surrenders
1730's
Oct 1929
August 14 1945
1886
43. First Transcontinental Railroad completed
1921
1898
1877
1869
44. Brown V Board of Ed
August 6 1945
1954
1804
September 11 - 2001
45. Lewis and Clark Expedition
December 7 1941
1832
1636
1804
46. Battle of Saratoga
April 1861
October 1777
1619
1636
47. Lincoln assasinated
October 1777
December 7 1941
1898
April 14 1865
48. Japan Surrenders
1877
1730's
1730's
August 14 1945
49. End of Millitary Reconstruction
1954
1877
1921
1832
50. Terrorist Attack
1730's
1636
September 11 - 2001
December 7 1941