Question

write about ten people, place or event that plays important role in American history

Answer 1

• The United States has played an important role in several large historical events, many of which changed our world as we know it today.
• The American Revolution-Without the American Revolution that happened between 1775 and 1781, the United States would not be. If America was under British rule for much longer, who knows how the world might have looked today. Some historians also claim that the American Revolution played a very important role in the democracy of the world – it might have sparked the French Revolution and other colonies also drew inspiration from America’s fight for freedom and liberty.
• The Civil War-Although the cost of the Civil War was high – it was one of the bloodiest wars ever fought on American soil, the result was the abolishment of slavery. Black Americans now were regarded as true American citizens, with the right to vote, hold office and own property.
• The Manhattan Project / Atomic Bomb-One of the most devastating weapons of war was built and used by Americans. Although Harry Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb on civilians in Japan is still debated today, its effect was immediate. The bomb ended WW2, the largest war the world has ever experienced, and the devastating effect of these bombs has made countries all over the world very hesitant to ever get involved in a world war again.
• The Assassination of Kennedy and Lincoln-Two U.S. presidents who played pivotal roles in getting the U.S. to peace were both assassinated. Lincoln led America through the Civil War, while Kennedy managed to defuse the very tense Cuban Missile Crisis. Their deaths showed that even stopping or ending a war does not end the human ability to hate. No victory is ever permanent.
• Moonlanding-Apollo 11 was one of the greatest achievements of humanity. Americans were the first and only nation to have walked on the moon.
• 9/11-September 11, 2001 marks one of the most horrible moments in American history when two of four hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and killed thousands of Americans. This event instigated a “war on terror” that continued for the next decade and resulted in the elimination of Osama Bin Laden.
• Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the twentieth century. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.
• Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career.
• Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
• Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Great beginnings in America are commemorated in the Historical Park. In Carpenter’s Hall in 1774, delegates from twelve colonies all except Georgia met in the First Continental Congress, to consider how to respond to acts of Parliament that threatened their liberties.