Turning Points in American History

Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War

Declaration of Independence

Ratification of the Constitution

Democratic-Republicans win the presidency and control of Congress during the "Revolution of 1800"

Louisiana Purchase and the Supreme Court decision of Marbury v. Madison

Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812

Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo ends the Mexican War and gives the US control of the Mexican Cession

Outbreak of the Civil War

End of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln

Hayes withdraws last Union troops from the South and officially ends Reconstruction

Outbreak of WWI in Europe

Treaty of Versailles

Stock Market Crash of 1929

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and US enters WWII.

WWII ends, Atomic Age begins, creation of the United Nations, Cold War, and the beginning of the end for colonialism

US enters Vietnam and the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education

First sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina and the election of JFK

Civil Rights Act is passed

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy end the Civil Rights Movement

Paris Peace Agreement and the War-Powers Resolution

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

Republican landslide victories give them control of both houses of Congress