95 Examples of American History

John Spacey, updated on September 29, 2023

American history is the turbulent past of the United States as a nation and the process of discovery, colonization, revolution, war, immigration, social conflict and progress that has led to the present day. America was born out of colonization and revolution with a large number of wars in its early history with larger wars in the 20th century including WWI and WWII. American society itself also has a stormy past with social movements, cultural changes, technological disruptions, economic booms & busts and political struggles that have forged social progress and the American experience. The following are notable examples of American history.

Abolition of Slavery With The 13th Amendment	Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
American Revolution	Andy Warhol and the American Pop Art Movement
Anti-Vietnam War protests of 1960s	Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.	Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki	Attack on Pearl Harbor
Black Lives Matter Movement	Boston Tea Party
Boxer Rebellion	California Gold Rush
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882	Christopher Columbus's Arrival in the Americas
Civil Rights Act of 1964	Civil Rights Movement
Civil War	Cold War
Construction of the Panama Canal	Counterculture movements of the 1960s
Declaration of Independence	Desegregation
Dust Bowl	Emancipation Proclamation
Energy Crisis of the 1970s	First Barbary War
Ford Model-T and the First Assembly Line	Gilded Age
Global War on Terror	Golden Age of Radio
Golden Age of Television	Great Depression
Gulf War	Hurricane Katrina
Industrial Revolution	Invention of the transistor at Bell Labs
Iraq War	James A. Garfield’s Assassination
Jazz Age	Kent State shootings of 1970
Korean War	Lewis and Clark Expedition
Louisiana Purchase	Manhattan Project
Mayflower & the Pilgrims	Mexican-American War
Northwest Indian War	Oklahoma City Bombing
Panic of 1873 and the Long Depression	Philippine-American War
Post WWII Baby Boom	Progressive Era of 1890-1929
Prohibition Era	Quasi-War with France
Ratification of the US Constitution	Rise of American Grunge Music of the 1990s
Rise of American Hip Hop Movement	Rise of Hollywood and American Movies in the 1920s
Rise of Street Art in 1970s America	Roaring Twenties
Rock & Roll and Influence of Elvis Presley	Rodney King Riots of 1992
Roosevelt's New Deal	Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Salem Witch Trials	Second Barbary War
Sinking of the Lusitania	Sinking of the Titanic
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster	Spanish-American War
Stagflation of the 1970s	Stock Market Crash of 1929
Stonewall Riots	Summer of Love of 1967
Terror Attacks of 9/11	The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Red Scare & McCarthyism	The Space Race
Trail of Tears	Underground Railroad
Vietnam War	Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voyager Missions to Interstellar Space	War in Afghanistan
War of 1812	Watergate Scandal
William McKinley’s Assassination	Women's Suffrage Movement
Women’s Right to Vote With The 19th Amendment	Woodstock Music Festival of 1969
World War I	World War II
Wright Brothers First Powered Flight