Timeline

 =**U.S. History Timline: Before 1492**=

- 11,000 b.c. || ||  ||  ||  || First people (called Paleo-Indians) cross from Siberia to Alaska and begin to move into North America. || - 11,000 b.c. || ||  ||  ||  || Paleo-Indians use stone points attached to spears to hunt big mammoths in northern parts of North America. || - 1000 b.c. || ||  ||  ||  || [|North American Indians]begin using stone to grind food and to hunt bison and smaller animals || - a.d. 500 || ||  ||  ||  || [|Woodland Indians], who lived east of the Mississippi River, bury people who have died under large burial mounds (which can still be seen today). || 500 || ||  ||  ||  || Anasazi peoples in the Southwestern United States live in homes on cliffs, called cliff dwellings. Anasazi pottery and dishes are well known for their beautiful patterns. || 700 || ||  ||  ||  || Mississippian Indian people in Southeastern United States develop farms and build burial mounds. ||
 * |||||||| [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/arrow-tail40000.gif width="55" height="21" caption="40,000 B.C."]] ||
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || 40,000 b.c.
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline14000bc.jpg width="150" height="137" caption="Paleo-Indians"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || 14,000 b.c.
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || 11,000 b.c. || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Big mammoths disappear and Paleo-Indians begin to gather plants for food. ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline8000bc.gif width="150" height="106" caption="bison"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || 8000 b.c.
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || 1000 b.c.
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline500.jpg width="150" height="79" caption="Anasazi pottery"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || After a.d.
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || After a.d.
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline700.jpg width="150" height="100"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || 700-1492 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Many different [|Indian cultures] develop throughout North America ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/arrow-tail1492.gif width="55" height="21" caption="1492"]] ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="40" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] ||   ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1492.jpg width="150" height="101"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1492 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Christopher Columbus sails across the Atlantic Ocean and reaches an island in the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1513 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Juan Ponce de León explores the Florida coast. ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1524.gif width="150" height="150" caption="Giovanni da Verrazano"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1524 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Giovanni da Verrazano explores the coast from Carolina north to Nova Scotia, enters New York harbor. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1540 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Francisco Vásquez de Coronado explores the Southwest. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1565.gif width="150" height="117" caption="St. Augustine Florida"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1565 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || St. Augustine, Florida, the first town established by Europeans in the United States, is founded by the Spanish. Later burned by the English in 1586. ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1607.jpg width="150" height="96" caption="Jamestown, Virgina"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1607 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Jamestown, Virginia, the first English settlement in North America, is founded by Captain John Smith ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1609 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Henry Hudson sails into New York Harbor, explores Hudson River. Spaniards settle Santa Fe, New Mexico. ||
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1619 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown. (Slavery is made legal in 1650.) ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1620.jpg width="150" height="117" caption="Pilgrims on the Mayflower"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1620 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Pilgrims from England arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1626 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Peter Minuit buys Manhattan island for the Dutch from Man-a-hat-a Indians for goods worth $24. The island is renamed New Amsterdam. ||
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1630 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Boston is founded by Massachusetts colonists led by John Winthrop. ||
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1634 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Maryland is founded as a Catholic colony, with religious freedom for all granted in 1649. ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1664.jpg width="150" height="125" caption="New York"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1664 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch. The city is renamed New York. ||
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1699 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || French settlers move into Mississippi and Louisiana. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1732 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanack. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1732.jpg width="150" height="161" caption="Benjamin Franklin"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] ||||   || **Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)**was a great American leader, printer, scientist, and writer.

In 1732, he began publishing a magazine called Poor Richard's Almanack. Poor Richard was a make-believe person who gave advice about common sense and honesty.

Many of Poor Richard's sayings are still known today. Among the most famous are "God helps them that help themselves" and "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." ||  || -1763 ||  ||  ||  ||  || French and Indian War between England and France. The French are defeated and lose their lands in Canada and the American Midwest. || -1766 || ||  ||  ||  || England places taxes on sugar that comes from their North American colonies. England also requires colonists to buy stamps to help pay for royal troops. Colonists protest, and the Stamp Act is repealed in 1766. || //"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."// ||  || =**U.S. History Timeline: 1783-1900**=
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1754
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1770 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Boston Massacre: English troops fire on a group of people protesting English taxes. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1773 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Boston Tea Party: English tea is thrown into the harbor to protest a tax on tea. ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1775.jpg width="150" height="96" caption="American Revolution"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1775 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Fighting at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, marks the beginning of the American Revolution. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1776 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Declaration of Independence is approved July 4 by the Continental Congress (made up of representatives from the American colonies). ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1776.jpg width="150" height="135" caption="Declaration of Independence"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] ||||   || **Portion of The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776**
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1781 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || British General Cornwallis surrenders to the Americans at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the fighting in the Revolutionary War. ||
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 * |||||||| [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/arrow-tail1784.gif width="55" height="21" caption="1492"]] ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="40" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1784 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The first successful daily newspaper, the //Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser//, is published. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1787 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Constitutional Convention meets to write a Constitution for the U.S. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1787a.jpg width="195" height="187" caption="Constitution"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] ||||   || **Who Attended the Convention?**The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in the hot summer of 1787.

Most of the great founders of America attended. Among those present were George Washington, James Madison, and John Adams. They met to form a new government that would be strong and, at the same time, protect the liberties that were fought for in the American Revolution. The Constitution they created is still the law of the United States. ||  || -1814 ||  ||  ||  ||  || War of 1812 with Great Britain: British forces burn the Capitol and White House. Francis Scott Key writes the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner." || -1848 || ||  ||  ||  || U.S. war with Mexico: Mexico is defeated and the United States takes control of the Republic of Texas and of Mexican territories in the West. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1789 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The new Constitution is approved by the states. George Washington is chosen as the first president. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1800 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The federal government moves to a new capital, Washington, D.C. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1803.gif width="150" height="120" caption="Louisiana Purchase"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1803 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The U.S. makes the Louisiana Purchase from France. The Purchase doubled the area of the U.S. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1804.jpg width="150" height="100" caption="Louis and Clark"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1804 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Lewis and Clark explore what is now the northwestern United States. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1812.jpg width="150" height="100" caption="War of 1812"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1812
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1820 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Missouri Compromise bans slavery west of the Mississippi River and north of 36°30' latitude, except in Missouri. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1823 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Monroe Doctrine warns European countries not to interfere in the Americas. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1825 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Erie Canal opens and links New York City with the Great Lakes. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1831 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || //The Liberator//, a newspaper opposing slavery, is published in Boston. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1836 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Texans fighting for independence from Mexico are defeated at the Alamo. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * ||  || 1838 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Cherokee Indians are forced to move to Oklahoma, along "The Trail of Tears." ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1838.jpg width="150" height="94" caption="trail of tears"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] ||||   || **"The Trail of Tears"**The Cherokee Indians living in Georgia were forced, by the state government of Georgia, to leave in 1838. They were sent to Oklahoma. On the long march, thousands died because of disease and the cold weather. ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1844 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The first telegraph line connects Washington and Baltimore. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1846
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1848.jpg width="150" height="94"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1848 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The discovery of gold in California leads to a "rush" of 80,000 people to the West in search of gold. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * ||  || 1852 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || //Uncle Tom's Cabin// is published. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1852.gif width="150" height="111" caption="Harriet Beecher Stowe"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] ||||   || **UNCLE TOM'S CABIN**Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel about the sufferings of slaves was an instant bestseller in the North and banned in most of the South. When President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe, he called her "the little lady who started this war" (the Civil War). ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1858 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debate about slavery during their Senate campaign in Illinois. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1860.gif width="150" height="130"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1860 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Abraham Lincoln is elected president. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1861 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Civil War begins. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1863 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing most slaves. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1865 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Civil War ends as the South surrenders. President Lincoln is assassinated. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1865.jpg width="150" height="102"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] ||||   || **Civil War Dead and Wounded**The U.S. Civil War between the North and South lasted four years (1861-1865) and resulted in the death or wounding of more than 600,000 people.

Little was known at the time about the spread of diseases. As a result, many casualties were also the result of illnesses such as influenza, measles, and infections from battle wounds. ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1869 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The first railroad connecting the East and West coasts is completed. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1890 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Battle of Wounded Knee is fought in South Dakota- the last major battle between Indians and U.S. troops. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1898 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Spanish-American War: The U.S. defeats Spain, gains control of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. ||
 * |||||||| [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/arrowhead.gif width="55" height="14"]] ||  ||

=**U.S History Timeline: 20th Century**=

- 1918 || ||  ||  ||  || The United States joins World War I on the side of the Allies against Germany. || - 1953 || ||  ||  ||  || U.S. armed forces fight in the Korean War. ||
 * |||||||| [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/arrow-tail1900.gif width="55" height="21" caption="1492"]] ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="40" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1903 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The United States begins digging the Panama Canal. The canal opens in 1914, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-wwwwak-463908.jpg width="150" height="102" caption="Model T Ford"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1908 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Henry Ford introduces the Model T car, priced at $850. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1916.jpg width="150" height="100" caption="Jeannette Rankin"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1916 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to Congress. ||
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1917
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1927.gif width="150" height="141" caption="Charles A. Lindbergh"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] |||| || **World War I**In World War I the United States fought with Great Britain, France, and Russia (the Allies) against Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Allies won the war in 1918. || ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1927 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Charles A. Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly alone nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. ||
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 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1929 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || A stock market crash marks the beginning of the Great Depression. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] |||| || **The Great Depression**The stock market crash of October 1929 led to a period of severe hardship for the American people-the Great Depression. As many as 25 percent of all workers could not find jobs. The Depression lasted until the early 1940s. The Depression also led to a great change in politics. In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, was elected president. He served as president for 12 years, longer than any other president. || ||
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 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1945.jpg width="150" height="164" caption="atomic bomb"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1933 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal increases government help to people hurt by the Depression. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1941 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States enters World War II. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1945 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Germany and Japan surrender, ending World War II. Japan surrenders after the U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1947.jpg width="150" height="179" caption="Jackie Robinson"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1947 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Jackie Robinson becomes the first black baseball player in the major leagues when he joins the Brooklyn Dodgers. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1950
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1954 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The U.S. Supreme Court forbids racial segregation in public schools. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] |||| || **School Segregation**The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that separate schools for black students and white students were not equal. The Court said such schools were against the U.S. Constitution. The ruling also applied to other forms of segregation-separation of the races that were supported by some states. || ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1963 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || President John Kennedy is assassinated. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1964 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination in voting and jobs. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1965 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The United States sends large numbers of soldiers to fight in the Vietnam War. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/art-timeline1965.jpg width="150" height="164" caption="Neil Armstron on the moon"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1968 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1969 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the moon. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1973 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || U.S.participation in the Vietnam War ends. ||
 * ^  ||||||||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||   ||
 * ^  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1974 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-line.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || President Richard Nixon resigns because of the Watergate scandal. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] ||   || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] |||| || **Watergate**In June 1972, five men were arrested in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C., for trying to bug telephones in the offices of the Democratic National Committee. Some of those arrested worked for the committee to reelect President Richard Nixon. Later it was discovered that Nixon was helping to hide information about the break-in. || ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1979 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || U.S. hostages are taken in Iran, beginning a 444-day crisis that ends with their release in 1981. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1981 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1985 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev begin working together to improve relations between their countries. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1991 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Persian Gulf War: The United States and its allies defeat Iraq. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1992 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Bill Clinton, a Democrat, is elected president, defeating George Bush. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1994 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The Republican Party wins majorities in both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1998 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || The federal government announces that, for the first time in many years, it will begin receiving more money than it spends. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 1999 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || After an impeachment trial, the Senate finds President Clinton not guilty. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 2000 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || George W. Bush narrowly defeats Al Gore in a hotly fought battle for the presidency. The race is finally settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in December. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 2001 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || Hijacked jets crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, September 11, killing about 3,000 people. ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="10"]] ||||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="8" height="1"]] || 2003 || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/red-dash.gif width="27" height="10"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="4" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/wakart/spacer.gif width="12" height="1"]] || U.S.- led forces invade Iraq and remove dictator Saddam Hussein ||
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