US History Flashcards
When was the first British colony founded at Jamestown, Virginia
1607
When was the American Revolution: George Washington leads fight against British rule?
1775
When was the Declaration of Independence?
4 July 1776
When did Eleven pro-slavery southern states form the Confederate States of America, triggering civil war against the northern states?
1860-1861
When were the Confederates defeated; slavery abolished. Lincoln is assassinated?
1865
When were Women given the right to vote in the US?
1920
When did USA drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan at the end of WW2?
1945
When was the Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King assassinated?
1968
When did terrorist group al- Qaeda attack the US?
September 11th 2001
When did Barack Obama become the first black president?
2008
