Year	Event
1897	Dingley Tariff Act
1898	Spanish American War
1900	Gold Standard Act
1907	Panic Of 1907
1913	Income Tax Amendment (16th)
1914	World War I (1914-1918)
1919	League Of Nations
1919	Prohibition Amendment (18th)
1920	Women's Vote Amendment (19th)
1929	Panic of 1929
1929	Great Depression
1933	Prohibition Repealed Amendment (21st)
1934	Reciprocity Trade Agreement Act
1935	Social Security Act
1935	National Labor Relations Act
1939	World War II (1939-1945)
1947	Truman Doctrine
1948	Marshall Plan
1950	Korean War (1950-1953)
1961	Vietnam Conflict (1961-1975)
1962	Cuban Missile Crisis
1964	Civil Rights Act
1964	Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
1971	Voting Age Set To 18 Years Amendment (26th)
1972	Watergate Break-in
1974	Recession (1974-1975)
1979	Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981)
1979	Energy Crisis
1990	Recession (1990-1991)
1991	Gulf War
2001	Terrorist Attack on the U.S.
2003	Iraq War

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