Turning Points in American History

Terms	Definitions
1763	Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War
1776	Declaration of Independence
1789	Ratification of the Constitution
1800	Democratic-Republicans win the presidency and control of Congress during the "Revolution of 1800"
1803	Louisiana Purchase and the Supreme Court decision of Marbury v. Madison
1814	Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812
1848	Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo ends the Mexican War and gives the US control of the Mexican Cession
1861	Outbreak of the Civil War
1865	End of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln
1877	Hayes withdraws last Union troops from the South and officially ends Reconstruction
1914	Outbreak of WWI in Europe
1919	Treaty of Versailles
1929	Stock Market Crash of 1929
1941	Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and US enters WWII.
1945	WWII ends, Atomic Age begins, creation of the United Nations, Cold War, and the beginning of the end for colonialism
1954	US enters Vietnam and the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education
1960	First sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina and the election of JFK
1964	Civil Rights Act is passed
1968	Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy end the Civil Rights Movement
1973	Paris Peace Agreement and the War-Powers Resolution
1989	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
1994	Republican landslide victories give them control of both houses of Congress

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