Turning Points in American History

Dates of important events in American history

6864887	1763	Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War
6864888	1776	Declaration of Independence
6864889	1789	Ratification of the Constitution
6864890	1800	Democratic-Republicans win the presidency and control of Congress during the "Revolution of 1800"
6864891	1803	Louisiana Purchase and the Supreme Court decision of Marbury v. Madison
6864892	1814	Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812
6864893	1848	Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo ends the Mexican War and gives the US control of the Mexican Cession
6864894	1861	Outbreak of the Civil War
6864895	1865	End of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln
6864896	1877	Hayes withdraws last Union troops from the South and officially ends Reconstruction
6864897	1914	Outbreak of WWI in Europe
6864898	1919	Treaty of Versailles
6864899	1929	Stock Market Crash of 1929
6864900	1941	Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and US enters WWII.
6864901	1945	WWII ends, Atomic Age begins, creation of the United Nations, Cold War, and the beginning of the end for colonialism
6864902	1954	US enters Vietnam and the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education
6864903	1960	First sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina and the election of JFK
6864904	1964	Civil Rights Act is passed
6864905	1968	Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy end the Civil Rights Movement
6864906	1973	Paris Peace Agreement and the War-Powers Resolution
6864907	1989	Dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the election of Solidarity in Poland, and the fall of the Eastern European economies signal the collapse of the Soviet Union
6864908	1994	Republican landslide victories give them control of both houses of Congress