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- American Revolution, 1775-1783 (7)
- French Revolution, 1789-1799 (1)
- Haitian Independence Movement, 1791-1804 (4)
- Fugitive Slave Act, U.S., February 12, 1793 (1)
- Louisiana Purchase, 1803 (1)
- International Slave Trade Ended with U.S., March 2, 1807 (1)
- War of 1812 (2)
- Nat Turner's Insurrection, 1831 (1)
- Fugitive Slave Act, U.S., September 18, 1850 (4)
- Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1859 (3)
- Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (1)
- Seminole Wars, FL, 1817-1858 (1)
- Harpers Ferry Raid, VA, October 16, 1859 (3)
- U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865 (34)
- Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877 (22)
- Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 (1)
- Plessy v. Ferguson, Supreme Court Decision, U.S., 1896 (3)
- Spanish-American War, 1898 (5)
- Boer War, 1899-1902 (1)
- Peary Expedition Reaches the North Pole, April 6, 1909 (1)
- Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 (1)
- Chinese Revolution, 1911-1912 (1)
- World War I, 1914-1918 (17)
- Russian Revolution, 1917-1921 (1)
- Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1939 (5)
- Great Depression, 1929-1941 (6)
- Scottsboro Case, AL, 1931 (5)
- Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Alabama, 1932-1972 (1)
- Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (4)
- World War II, 1939-1945 (16)
- Cold War, 1945-1989 (5)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts, 1948- (1)
- Korean Conflict, 1950-1953 (2)
- U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954- (31)
- Cuban Revolution, 1956-1959 (1)
- Vietnam War, 1956-1975 (9)
- Second Wave Feminism, 1960-1990 (2)
- John F. Kennedy, Assassination, Dallas, TX, November 22, 1963 (8)
- Black Arts Movement, 1965-1976 (2)
- U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966- (12)
- Six Day War, June 5-10, 1967 (1)
- Watergate Scandal, 1972-1975 (1)
- Revolutions of Eastern Europe, 1989 (2)
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 (2)
- Oklahoma City Bombing, Oklahoma City, OK, April 19, 1995 (1)
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 (3)
