| A | B |
| 1776 | Colonists had a lot of complaints |
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence was made |
| 1776 | Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| 1776 | The Revolution began |
| 1787 | The Constitution is written |
| 1787 | The Bill of Rights guarantees individual rights |
| 1787 | Our government has three branches |
| 1787 | The legislative branch makes the laws |
| 1787 | The executive branch executes the laws |
| 1787 | The judicial branch interprets the laws |
| 1861-1865 | The Civil War is between the North and the South |
| 1861-1865 | The leader of the South is Lee |
| 1861-1865 | The leader of the North is Grant |
| 1861-1865 | The conflict was over slavery |
| 1861-1865 | Lincoln was the president |
| 1898 | Spanish American War occurs |
| 1898 | William Randolph Hurst is a publisher who encourages yellow journalism |
| 1898 | Teddy Roosevelt is in the Rough Riders |
| 1914-1918 | League of Nations is established |
| 1914-1918 | Wilson is the president |
| 1914-1918 | Ends by the Treaty of Versailles |
| 1929 | Hoover is the president |
| 1929 | The stock market crashes |
| 1929 | The Great Depression happens soon after |
| 1941-1945 | WWII begins |
| 1941-1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of the United States |
| 1941-1945 | Hitler was in charge in Germany and was killing the Jews |
| 1941-1945 | Tojo was in charge in Japan |
| 1941-1945 | Churchill was in charge in England |
| 1941-1945 | The Axis powers were Italy, Japan, and Germany |
| 1941-1945 | The Allied Powers were Britain, Russia, and the United States |
| 1941-1945 | The Battle of Midway turned the Pacific |
| 1941-1945 | The Battle of Normandy ended the war |
| 1957 | The Soviet Union launches Sputnik |