The USA History
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HISTORY OF the USA
Prehistory1st settlement unknown
Columbus discovered
America in1492
Italian, Spanish, Dutch and French, English colonization.
American RevolutionThe Declaration of Independence is signed on July 4 in 1776, and the United States of America is formed, America was free from England.
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First President In 1789, George
Washington becomes the first President.
Civil WarSouthern whites----expansion of slavesNortherners ---anti-slaveryCivil war (1960 – 1965), the country remained a
whole.
Women StruggleThe women's suffrage movement began
with the 1848 organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
By the end of the 19th century a few western states had granted women voting rights and gaining rights.
World War 1
1914 – 1918
Great depression 1929 - 1933
World War 2The worst war in American history.
The United States became a world power.
US was the only nation with the atom bomb (until 1949).
Martin Luther King, Jr., who had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Civil rights in the late 1950s
Neil Arm Strong 1959
9/11 Terror
Terrorists attacked the twin towers of World
Trade Center.3,000 people died.
In response on September 20, President George W. Bush announced a "War on Terror”
Attack on Afghanistan
On October 7, 2001, the United States and NATO then invaded Asghanistan.
Invasion to Iraq 2003 -August 31, 2010
War against ISIS, August 2014 - now