1. A few historical facts

2. Christopher Columbus 1492

3. The first settlers 1607

4. The African slaves

5. The Mayflower 1620

6. The American Constitution 1787 Philadelphia Georges washington

7. The Indian genocide 1838

8. The gold rush 1848

9. The civil war 1861-1865

10. Immigration from Europe & China 1880

11. World War I 1914-1918

12. The suffragettes: women got the right to vote 1920

13. The 20’s: Economic & social change Ford mass production The prohibition Al Capone

14. The collapse of the Wall Street Stock Exchange 1929

15. The New Deal with president Roosevelt 1932-1945

16. World War II 1941

17. The cold war 1945

18. The Korean War 1950-1953

19. The Mac Carthysm & the Witch Hunt 1950-1953

20. John F. Kennedy The Civil Rights Movement The Cuban crisis 1960 1963- 1968 1961

21. The Vietnam War 1954-1975

22. Immigration 1970-1980

23. 9/11 2001

24. Wars 2001: Afghan war 2003: Iraq war

25. The subprime mortgage crisis 2008

26. The Border Fence: Mexico-USA The unfinished border 2009

27. The presidential election Romney