Dates and Ammendments

Cold War

1945-1989

1945

Yalta Conference/ End of WWII/ Atomic Bomb on Japan

Truman Doctrine

1947

1950-1953

Korean War

1954

Brown v. Board of Education Topeka

1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

1963

Martin Luther King’s March on Washington/ JFK assassinated/ LBJ becomes president

1964

Civil Rights Act/ Gulf of Tolkin Resolution (Vietnam)

1968

Tet Offensive in Vietnam/ RFK & MLK assassinated

1974

Watergate Nixon (resigns)/ Gerald Ford Presidency Begins

1975

US Exit of Vietnam

1979-1981

Iranian Hostage Crisis

1980

Ronald Reagan Elected

1989

Fall of Berlin Wall/ End of Cold War

2001

September 11th Terrorist Attacks

22nd amendment

Limitation of president to 2 terms

23rd Amendment

Suffrage in DC

24th Amendment

ended poll tax

25th Amendment

Presidential Disability & succession

26th Amendment

voting age moved to 18

27th Amendment

Congressional Pay Raises

1619

VA House of Burgess/ first slaves arrive

1619

First Slaves Arrive

1620

Plymouth Settled

1492

Christopher Columbus Arrives

1607

Jamestown Settled

1754 - 1763

French and Indian War Era

1775 - 1783

Revolutionary War Era

1763

French and Indian War Ends/ Pontaic’s Rebellion/ Proclamation of 1763

1776

Declaration of Independence

1781

Articles of Confederation

1787

Constitutional Convention

1789

Washington Presidency Begins

1791

Bill of Rights

1st Amendment

Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

2nd Amendment

Right to Bear Arms

3rd Amendment

Housing of Soldiers

4th Amendment

Search and Seizure

5th Amendment

Rights of the Accused

6th Amendment

Right to fair trial

7th Amendment

Rights in Civil Case

8th Amendment

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

9th Amendment

Rights retained by the people

10th Amendment

Power retained by the states and the people