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One Event for Each Year in American History

Can you name these events for each year in the history of the United States
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Year
Hint
Answer
1776
Thomas Paine publishes Common____
Sense
1777
The Continental Congress adopts the stars and
Stripes
1778
Oliver Pollack creates this symbol "$" (type what the symbol is)
Dollar
1779
John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great____
Britain
1780
______ Arnold betrays America
Benedict
1781
Previous burns the capital of Virginia (type the capital)
Richmond
1782
John Adams secures recognition from the
Dutch
1783
Great Britain recognizes U.S_________
Independence
1784
Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness about the eagle being America's____
Symbol
1785
Congress votes to change the U.S _______to the dollar
Currency
1786
Shay's _________ starts
Rebellion
1787
Delaware become the first offical U.S___
State
1788
Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the _____
Constitution
1789
George Washington becomes the first_____
President
1790
George Washington gives the first state of the _____ adress
Union
1791
The First US _______ Meeting
Cabinet
1792
The first Columbus Day is celebrated in New
York
1793
Eli Whitney invents the Cotton____
Gin
1794
U.S establishes a permanent____
Navy
1795
U.S and Great Britain sign the Jay_____
Treaty
1796
George Washington declines a third____
Term
1797
Nathaniel Briggs patents the washing___
Machine
1798
The Marine_____ is established
Corps
1799
George Washington's body is buried at Mount____
Vernon
1800
John Adams become the first president to ____ in the White House
Live
1801
John Marshall is appointed Chief_____
Justice
1802
Martha Washington ______ away
Passes
1803
America expands due to the Louisiana______
Purchase
1804
Lewis and Clark go out ____
West
1805
Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific
Ocean
1806
Yale Literary Government publishes its first_____
Issue
1807
Aaron____ was arrested for treason
Burr
1808
The importation of _____ into the U.S was banned
Slaves
1809
the first U.S______ was published by William Maclure
Geology
1810
The temperature in New Hampshire dropped from 54°F to -12°F in one____
Day
1811
William Henry Harrison defeats Tecumseh's army in the Battle of________
Tippecanoe
1812
The war of____ begins
1812
1813
Pride and ______ was pubslihed
Prejudice
1814
The British burn down the
White House
1815
The Library of Congress is reestablished after being _____
burnt
1816
James Monroe beats Rufus king, a member of the______ party in the presidential race
Federalist
1817
John Adams' song John _____ Adams becomes Secretary of State
Quincy
1818
Andrew Jackson conquers Spanish Fort San Marcos in which became the First ________War
Seminole
1819
Thomas Jefferson and others founded the University of________
Virginia
1820
Joseph Smith has is first_____
Vision
1821
James Boyd patents the rubber fire_____
Hose
1822
2 men betray a slave revolt, resulting in 35 slaves being_____
Hung
1823
James Monroe creates a doctrine bearing his name (type the doctrines name)
Monroe Doctrine
1824
An election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew_______
Jackson
1825
One of the previous men gets elected president (type the name)
John Quincy Adams
1826
John Adams and Thomas _____die the same day
Jefferson
1827
Brown v________
Maryland
1828
The_________party is founded
Democratic
1829
Andre Jackson gets _______ as the 7th president
Inaugurated
1830
The beginning of the Trail of _____
Tears
1831
William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first issue of an abolitionist newspaper called______
The Liberator
1832
The source of the Mississippi_____ is discovered
River
1833
A ____ derails at Hightstown New Jersey
Train
1834
Stephen F. Austin is imprisoned in Mexico_____
City
1835
Richard Lawrence becomes the first person to attempt to _________ a president
Assassinate
1836
Davy Crockett arrives in Texas to aid the ________
Revolution
1837
Michigan becomes the ____ U.S state
26th
1838
The Great Western docks in New York_____
City
1839
Henry Clay states "I had rather be______ than president"
Right
1840
Alexander Wolcott and John Johnson open the Daguerreian______
Parlor
1841
William Henry Harrison dies only one _____ into office
Month
1842
Charles______ comes to America
Dickens
1843
An alligator fell out of the____
Sky
1844
John C. Frémont discover ____ Tahoe
Lake
1845
The first Dark _____ president, Jame K. Polk gets elected
Horse
1846
Congress votes for a war against _______
Mexico
1847
The Battle of Buena____
Vista
1848
Phineas Gage has a tamping rod go through his Frontal____
Lobe
1849
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first ____ to earn a medical degree in the US
Woman
1850
A compromise was made with the name of its year, it was the Compromise of___
1850
1851
The first black women's _____ convention
Rights
1852
Uncle Tom's _____ gets published
Cabin
1853
Franklin Pierce's child dies in a _____-wreck
Train
1854
The ______ party is founded
Republican
1855
Walt Whitman's book Leaves of ______is published
Grass
1856
The American Party nominates their presidential candidate Millard________
Fillmore
1857
The Dred _____ Decision
Scott
1858
Abolitionists create Crispus ______ Day
Attackus
1859
Joshua Abraham Norton proclaims himself ________ Norton
Emperor
1860
South Carolina _______from the Union
Secedes
1861
Beginning of the_____
Civil War
1862
A confederate general (his name is the next question) moves north of ________
Virginia
1863
Stonewall ______ is killed
Jackson
1864
Grant is named commander of the ____ army
U.S
1865
Abaraham Lincoln is shot by______
John Wilkes Booth
1866
Jesse James steals $ __,000
15
1867
The Alaska_____
Purchase
1868
Andrew Johnson becomes the first president to be _______
Impeached
1869
Elizabeth Stanton becomes the first woman to ________ in congress
Testify
1870
The Brooklyn________ is completed
Bridge
1871
Brigham Young arrested for______
Bigamy
1872
Louis Riel is exiled to St,____ Minnesota
Paul
1873
the first U.S ______ card is issued
Postal
1874
Jesse James robs a ______ in Missouri
Train
1975
Jesse James robs another previous answer in__________
Missouri
1876
The Kentucky Meat_______
Shower
1877
Battle of _____ Mountain
Wolf
1878
Congress overrides Rutherford Hayes' veto on the Bland-________Act
Allison
1879
______ patents the electric lamp
Edison
1880
James A. ________ is inaugurated as president
Garfield
1881
Previous is shot by Charles ________
Guiteau
1882
The senate ratifies the first ______ Convention
Geneva
1883
The first electric lighting ______
System
1884
The Statue of Liberty is presented to the U.S in______
Paris
1885
Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry _____
Finn
1886
The Statue of________ is given to the United States
Liberty
1887
Lincoln was re______
Burried
1888
Francis Tumblety flees to the U.S after being accused of the Jack the______ murders
Ripper
1889
The first non-segregated U.S ________
Hospital
1890
the first U.S edition of Sherlock _________
Holmes
1891
Benjamin _________ visits San Fransisco
Harrison
1892
A mine explosion kills ___ people
100
1893
Grover Cleveland gets elected to a second nonconsecutive____
Term
1894
the 1st _____ epidemic breaks out
Polio
1895
The Red Badge of _________ is pubslihed
Courage
1896
The first modern _____________
Olympics
1897
William McKinley is inaugurated to his _____ term
First
1898
The _______-American war begins
Spanish
1899
The previous war ____
Ends
1900
Next answer gets his _______ term
Second
Year
Hint
Answer
1901
Leon Czolgosz Shoots President William _____
McKinley
1902
It became criminal for ___ to "looking at a woman in that way"
Men
1903
Theodore and Edith _________ renovate the White House
Roosevelt
1904
Previous commissions the Panama ______
Canal
1905
Elihu Root becomes ________ of State
Secretary
1906
San Fransisco suffers a 7.9____
Earthquake
1907
Teddy shakes 8,513 hands in _ day
1
1908
The first _________ motion picture, Fantasmagorie is made
Animated
1909
William Taft becomes the 27th president during a __" snowstorm
10
1910
Taft throws the first_____
Pitch
1911
The next answer sets sail for New York _____
City
1912
The unsinkable ship sinks
Titanic
1913
Roosevelt ran for another term splitting the vote making Woodrow ______ president despite getting 42% in the popular vote
Wilson
1914
Hery For announces his $_ minimum per day wage
5
1915
Wilson refuses to allow immigration of _______
Illiterates
1916
Wilson states the U.S will abide by ______ warfare
Maritime
1917
Uncle ___ was popularized
Sam
1918
the __th amendment
18
1919
Henry Ford's ___succeeds Henry
Son
1920
The beginning of ______ outlawing alcohol
Prohibition
1921
Warren G. Harding becomes the __th president
29
1922
Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to _____ over radio
Speak
1923
Warren G. Harding suddenly dies of a heart_____
Attack
1924
The follow the bouncing ___ technique for music was invented by Max Fleischer
Ball
1925
The Great _____ is pubslihed
Gatsby
1926
Disney Brothers Studios becomes known as _____ Disney Studios
Walt
1927
The ________ premiers in NYC
General
1928
Steamboat _______ is made
Willie
1929
The stock market ______
Crash
1930
Taft resigns as Chief _______
Justice
1931
Edison makes his _____ pattent
Last
1932
Charles Lindbergh's son was_____________
Kidnapped
1933
Someone attempted to ____________ FDR
Assassinate
1934
Babe ____ gets a pay cut
Ruth
1935
A man enters a hotel and mysteriously dies his name was stated to be Roland T. Owen. But his real name is Artemis_________
Ogletree
1936
The first baseball hall of _____
Fame
1937
Howard Hughes sets the transcontinental air ______ with 7h 28m 25s
Record
1938
A statue of Henry _________ is erected
Hudson
1939
The Wizard of __ releases
Oz
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt gets elected to a third term making him the person with the longest ____
Presidency
1941
Pearl Harbor is bombed marking the U.S involvement into______
World War 2
1942
Winston ________ flies to Florida
Churchill
1943
Josh Gibson suffers a nervous ______
Breakdown
1944
Flying Ace, Pappy Boyington was shot_____ by Japanese forces
Down
1945
The United States drops nuclear bombs on ______ and Nagasaki effectively ending WW2
Hiroshima
1946
Bikini ____ is evacuated
Atol
1947
A doctrine was made titled with the current president, the ____ Doctrine
Truman
1948
Truman raises _____ for the Marshall Plan
Taxes
1949
Truman coins the term ____ Deal
Fair
1950
The U.S enters the Korean____
War
1951
The 22nd amendment was ratified, limiting a president to only ___ terms
Two
1952
African _____ is released in the U.S
Queen
1953
Truman announces the ________ Bomb
Hydrogen
1954
Segregation in______ was labeled unconstitutional
Schools
1955
The first presidential TV news__________
Confrence
1956
Elvis records Heartbreak_______
Hotel
1957
Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Middle_____
East
1958
The __________ Karamazov premiers
Brothers
1959
Alaska become the __ state
49th
1960
John F. ________ announces he's running for president (big mistake)
Kennedy
1961
The first episode of the Dick Van _____ Show is filmed
Dyke
1962
The Cuban ______Crisis
Missile
1963
John F. Kennedy is Assassinated by
Lee Harvey Oswald
1964
Johnson declares a war on _________
Poverty
1965
The U.S enters the Vietnam___
War
1966
The original ______ show starring Adam West releases
Batman
1967
Wilt Chamberlain makes all 15 field _____ attempts
Goal
1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot by
James Earl Ray
1969
The moon______
Landing
1970
The Zapurder ____ is publically released
Film
1971
Charles Liston is found ____ by his wife
Dead
1972
Aretha _______ sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
Franklin
1973
Michael Burke buys the ________
Yankees
1974
Richard Nixon resigns because of the ________ Scandal
Watergate
1975
Phyllis Diller gets a ____ on the Walk of Fame
Star
1976
The ______ Bell is moved
Liberty
1977
Star _____ releases in theaters
Wars
1978
Harbey Milk becomes the first openly ___person elected to public office in CA
Gay
1979
Carter proposes to make MLK's __________ a federal holiday
Birthday
1980
Frank Sinatra plays in Rio de_______
Janeiro
1981
Muhammad Ali talks a person out of committing _________
Suicide
1982
John Carpenter's The _____ is released
Thing
1983
Reagan ends U.S arms in _________
Guatemala
1984
Van Halen releases an album (same name as the year it came out)
1984
1985
Ronald Reagan goes to _____, Germany sparking the controversy of the same name
Bitburg
1986
New York Islander, Mike Bossy scores his ___th career goals
500
1987
Reagan signs a secret order permitting covert arms sale to ____
Iran
1988
_______-U.S trade agreement
Canada
1989
(My sister made me put this one) Taylor_______ is born
Swift
1990
First________ American NY Mayor
African
1991
The ________ ends
Cold War
1992
Robert Parish registers______ career blocks
2,000
1993
Start II is ______
Signed
1994
Malcom _'s daughter is arrested
X
1996
The last The ___ Side comic
Far
1996
38th ______ 500
Daytona
1997
Frank ______ has a heart attack
Sinatra
1998
Clinton gets________
Impeached
1999
Clinton Impeachment _____
Trial
2000
Dan ______ wins his last game
Marino
2001
The ________ are hit by terrorist planes
Twin Towers
2002
No Child Left ______ act
Behind
2003
Jimmy _____ Live! premiers
Kimmel
2004
Casey Kasem gives up hosting American Top __
40
2005
The first African- American woman to become Secretary of _____
State
2006
Kobe Bryant scores __ points in a game
81
2007
Steve Jobs introduces the_____
iPhone
2008
the Financial_____
Crash
2009
Michael Jackson dies of an
Overdose
2010
Simon Cowell leaves American ____
Idol
2011
The killing of Osama ________
Bin Laden
2012
LeBron James becomes the______ player to score 20,00 career points
Youngest
2013
Mike Pence becomes governor of ________
Indiana
2014
First drummer for the band Ramones, _____ Ramone/Erdelyi dies of Bile Duct Cancer
Tommy
2015
Schitt's _____ is created
Creek
2016
LA ______ gas leak
Methane
2017
Obama gives Biden Presidential Medal of _______
Freedom
2018
Lawyers of Trump attempt to stop publication of Fire and ____
Fury
2019
Trump's ____ Office Address
Oval
2020
The COVID-19 ________ takes over the world
Pandemic
2021
Elon Musk becomes the worlds ________ Person
Richest
2022
Russia invades________
Ukraine
2023
Hamas attacks ______
Israel
2024
Donald Trump gets convicted of __ charges
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