Turning Points V2

1492

Columbus Arrives in the Americas

1857

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

1941

Pearl Harbor Attacked

1607

Jamestown Founded

1860

South Carolina Seceeds from Union

1942

Executive Order 9066 Issued

1619

1st Enslaved Africans Arrive

1861

Civil War Begins

1945

Atomic Bombs Used to End WWII

1620

Plymouth founded by Pilgrims

1863

Emancipation Proclamation Issued

1948

Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift

1675

King Philip’s War

1865

13th Amendment Ratified

1948

Truman Desegregates the Military

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion

1868

14th Amendment Ratified

1954

Brown v. Board of Ed. decision

1754

Start of French & Indian War

1870

15th Amendment Ratified

1957

Little Rock 9

1763

Proclamation of 1763

1877

End of Reconstruction

1960

JFK Elected

1775

Lexington & Concord

1880

Edison Promotes Electric Light

1963

March on Washington

1776

Declaration of Independence

1882

Chinese Exclusion Act

1963

JFK Assassinated

1783

End of Revolutionary War

1886

Haymarket Affair/Riot

1964

Civil Rights Act Passed

1789

Constitution Goes Into Effect

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson decision

1968

Tet Offensive Launched

1791

Bill of Rights Ratified

1898

US v. Wong Kim Ark decision

1968

Dr. King’s Assassination

1800

Revolution of 1800

1898

Spanish American War

1969

Stonewall Riots/Uprising

1803

Louisiana Purchase

1906

The Jungle is published

1969

Apollo 11 Moon Landing

1803

Marbury v. Madison decision

1909

The NAACP is founded

1971

26th Amendment Ratified

1815

War of 1812 Ends (Treaty of Ghent)

1914

WWI Begins