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I was just curious what everyone thought were the 10 most defining moments in American history...signing of the declaration of independence, landing on the moon.....what do you guys think??

2007-12-22 16:24:16 · 11 answers · asked by wunderbrs 2 in Arts & Humanities History

11 answers

In order they were -
1) Signing of Declaration of Independence, inventing Democracy.
2) Adoption of the Constitution and the Bill Of Rights
3) Louisiana Purchase,doubled the size of the United States
4The Monroe Doctrine- gave us control of the Western Hemisphere
5) The War Between the States, which secured Democracy and the survival of the Union
6) The entry into WWI, which made us a global power
7) World War2 and the Atom Bomb- made us the super power of the World
8) The space race and landing on the Moon and it's technology.
9) The winning of Cold War which further established our influence worldwide
10) Inventing the Internet, which has changed the way the world communicates.

Each one led to the other. Those are the events/things that defined the United States

2007-12-22 16:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by Wego The Dog 5 · 3 1

Things that affected the arena profoundly... This is intricate, and Eurocentrism will mostly make the record most effective constitute matters that affected Europe and America (like the primary reaction). Here is what I might suppose of: one million. Atomic bomb losing on Hiroshima, Japan (August 6, 1945) - This ended WWII, it began the Cold War, and extra importantly it signified the starting of the hands race, which we will not ever eliminate. two. I have no idea what 12 months it's precisely, however the Torah/Old Testament is a incredibly influential facet of historical past. It serves because the foundation for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (accordingly additionally serving because the foundation for European and Islamic societies). It additionally marks the purpose why the Jews feel that Israel belongs to them, which pertains to many state-of-the-art disorders within the Middle East. three. Isolationism in China and Japan saved Europe from meddling an excessive amount of in Asian affairs for decades and allowed those countries to expand their possess cultures and methods of running. Some in their center values are mentioned because the purpose that Japan has been ready to upward thrust from WWII devastation and China is emerging now as an monetary energy. Perhaps with out the intervals of Isolationism, they could were too closely encouraged through Europe and misplaced their cultural identification earlier than they had been ready to make use of it to their improvement...

2016-09-05 14:05:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Pride
Declaration of Independence, 1776
Victory at Yorktown, 1781
Ratification of the Constitution,1788
Ratification of the Bill of Rights, 1791
Louisiana Purchase, 1803
Ratification of the 13th Amendment, 1865
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 1869
Completion of the Panama Canal 1914
First meeting of the United Nations, 1945
Landing on the Moon, 1969

Sorrow or shame
American Revolution, 1775-1783
War of 1812, 1812-1814
Indian Removal Act, 1830
Cherokee Removal, 1838
Kansas, 1859
Civil War, 1861-1865
Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
September 11, 2001

2007-12-22 16:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by william_byrnes2000 6 · 1 2

Declaration of Independence
Winning the Revolutionary War
Constitution and Bill of Rights
Assassination of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy
American Civil War
December 7th, 1941 -- Day which will live in Infamy
W.W. I
W.W. II
Destruction of the Indigenous People's rights
Korea, Vietnam and all other wars not listed

2007-12-23 02:39:28 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0 1

1- landing on the moon
2 - Kennedy leaving fidel kastro at 90 miles south
3 - drinking hamburgers and eating coca cola while fidel was seizing Nicaragua, and getting ready to seize El Salvador
4 - drinking hamburgers and eating coca cola during Pearl Harbor attack
5 - allowing Stalin to seize east half of Europe ( that was Roosevelt's idea )
6 - Reagan invading Granada
7 - Clinton giving back the boy Elian to fidel's eager's clutches
8 - Not invading Cuba in the last 48 years
9 - Invading Iraq and not invading Cuba
10 - Let's wait for the last one

2007-12-24 12:39:57 · answer #5 · answered by nadie 6 · 0 1

1. declaration of independence
2. civil war
3. martin luther king i have a dream speech
4. woman right
5. 9/11/2001
6. moon landing
7. world war 2
8. world war 1
9. prohibition act
10. Abraham Lincoln assassinated

2007-12-22 16:37:03 · answer #6 · answered by chris2b511 2 · 0 3

declaration of independence
civil war
world war 2
world war 1
the great depression
moon landing
prohibition act
woman right
martin luther king i have a dream speech
J F K assassinated
Abraham Lincoln assassinated
9/11/2001

2007-12-22 16:28:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

~In no particular order:
Adoption of the Lee Resolution, July 2, 1776
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Ratification and implementation of the Constitution, March 1789
Marbury v Madison, 1803
Treaty of Ghent, 1814
Passage of the Ordinance of Secession, South Carolina, December 1860
Federal troops sent to Little Round Top, July 1863
Appoint of Earl Warren as Chief Justice, 1953
Brown v Board of Education, 1953, and Federal troops sent to Little Rock, 1957
Seneca Falls Declaration, 1848 and Wyoming Suffrage Act, 1869

2007-12-22 17:54:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

9/11

2007-12-22 16:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

Any list that doesn't mention the invention of the Internet is not complete.

2007-12-22 18:39:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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