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Events
| Event | Introduction | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9/11 | On September 11, 2001 ("9/11"), al-Qaeda terrorists crashed two planes into the Twin Towers and one into the Pentagon. More than 3,000 people died. | Historical Content |
| American Revolution | When the first shots were fired in 1775, the Colonies didn’t even have a military. Eight years later, the United States had defeated England. | Historical Content |
| Cane Ridge Camp Meeting | Barton Stone organized the Cane Ridge camp meeting (1801), the largest and most famous religious revival of the Second Great Awakening. | |
| Charles Finney's Rochester Revival | Charles Finney's Rochester Revival (1830-1831) played a foundational role for the more widespread revivalism and conversions of the 1830s and 1840s. | |
| Civil War | The Civil War (1861-1865) was fought between the U.S. government and 11 southern states. The Union prevailed, slaves were freed, and nearly 700,000 people died. | Historical Content |
| Cold War | The antagonistic relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, known as the Cold War (1947-1991), lasted for nearly half a century. | Historical Content |
| Colonial Period | Colonial America took root in Virginia in 1607 and gained momentum when the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. By 1760, there were two million settlers. | Historical Content |
| First Wave of Feminism | The 72-year struggle to grant women the right to vote evolved as the central theme of the first wave of American feminism (1848-1920). | Historical Content |
| Founding Period | With independence won, the United States of America began creating a new government during the Founding Period (1783-1791), including the selection of the first president. | Historical Content |
| Great Depression | The Great Depression (1929-1939) brought the biggest economic upheaval in U.S. history. Millions of people were unemployed, banks/businesses failed, and there was sweeping poverty. | Historical Content |
| Jim Crow Laws | Abolition freed the slaves, but blacks were kept segregated from whites in the South through local and state regulations known as Jim Crow laws (1890-1965). | Historical Content |
| King Philip's War | For 14 months (1675-1676), Indians raided settlements and colonialists launched counterattacks. It ended after King Philip, the chief of the Wampanoag Indian tribe, was assassinated. | Historical Content |
| Prohibition | The 18th amendment made the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol illegal in the United States for 13 years (1920-1933). | Historical Content |
| Reconstruction and Industrialization | During the Reconstruction and Industrialization period (1865-1890), the South struggled to recover after the Civil War. Meanwhile, United States was emerging as an industrial giant. | Historical Content |
| Rise of Equal Rights Movements | The social justice movements of the 1960s were infectious, giving rise to women, racial minorities, and LGBT groups seeking equal rights in the United States. | Historical Content |
| The First Great Awakening | The First Great Awakening (1730s-1770s) was a series of religious revivals that propelled the expansion of evangelical denominations in the colonies. | |
| The Second Great Awakening | The Second Great Awakening(s) (1790s-1840s) fueled the rise of an evangelical Protestant majority in antebellum America, giving rise to new denominations and social reform organizations. | |
| Vietnam War | America’s two-decade involvement in the Vietnam War (1955-1975) was costly and divisive. It claimed more than 58,000 U.S. lives and cost 140 billion dollars. | Historical Content |
| War of 1812 | The War of 1812 (1812-1815) is often called the second American Revolutionary War, because it again pitted America against Britain. | Historical Content |
| Westward and Southern Expansion | The United States of America began pushing beyond the boundaries of its original 13 states, until its holdings spanned from sea to sea (1790-1848). | Historical Content |
| World War I | World War I (1914-1919) began in Europe, but grew into an unprecedented global conflict with 65 million troops. It was called the Great War. | Historical Content |
| World War II | With the rise of Adolf Hitler, Germany began annexing neighboring countries, leading to the second World War (1939-1945) and the deadliest conflict in world history. | Historical Content |
Biographies
| Name | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Finney, Charles | Charles Finney (1792-1875) was a prominent evangelical and revivalist during the Second Great Awakening. |
| Schaeffer, Francis | Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) was a famous evangelical apologist who denounced the spread of relativism in modern society. |
| Witherspoon, John | John Witherspoon (1723-1794) was a Presbyterian minister, president of the College of New Jersey, and the only clergy signatory of the Declaration of Independence. |
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