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U.S. History Course 1120. An Overview of Historic Events. Jamestown settlement (1607). James River (first successful British Colony ). United States Territorial Acquisitions. Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River. Ellis Island (1902).
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U.S. HistoryCourse 1120 An Overview of Historic Events
Jamestown settlement (1607) • James River (first successful British Colony )
Ellis Island (1902) • The main Immigration Port during the rise of Industrialization in the United States
World War I • Allied Soldiers inside of a Trench on the Western Front
Prohibition during the 1920’s • Raid on Alcohol in a make-ship brewery (Chicago, Illinois)
Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor • U.S.S. Arizona is obliterated by Japanese bringing the United States into WWII
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Influential Speaker during the Civil Rights movement in the United States
Presidential Assassination • John F. Kennedy moments before his assassination in Dallas, TX
U.S. Reaches the Moon • Buzz Aldrin on the Moon (photograph taken by Neil Armstrong, 1969)
U.S. mainland is attacked • September 11, 2001 ( A new age in terror)