Major Events in U.S. History - Part 2
Enter the number from the column to the left into the text box next to the appropriate word in the right-hand column.
1. The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia. 1861
2. The Constitution was amended to permit taxing income from any source, and to allow the popular election of Senators; the Federal Reserve Act was passed. 1917
3. The Reconstruction Era ended. 1890
4. The New York stock market crashed, beginning a long economic downturn known as the Great Depression. 1935
5. The American Civil War ended; the Constitution was amended to prohibit slavery; the Reconstruction Era began. 1867
6. The Constitution was amended to guarantee women the right to vote; Prohibition began (the sale and transport of alcohol was made illegal). 1877
7. Prohibition ended (the sale and transport of alcohol was again declared to be legal). 1865
8. The U.S. entered World War I. 1929
9. The American Civil War began. 1933
10. World War I began. 1914
11. The Social Security Act was passed. 1913
12. The Spanish-American War began and ended; the U.S. annexed Hawaii. 1898
13. U.S. soldiers massacred Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. 1920
14. World War I ended. 1918



Note: this website only uses cookies for session identification. However, we do not use crackers on this website. Not that there's anything wrong with crackers, but after one or two session cookies, we really don't need the extra calories.