US History since about 1850

Just a few events covering 150+ years of US history.  I may add a few more things as time permits.


1859 Charles Darwin writes "On the Origins of Species"
1861 South Carolina along with 6 other states secede from the Union, quickly followed by 6 other states
1861 US Civil war begins at Fort Sumter
1861 Julia Ward Howe, a Unitarian, writes the lyrics to Battle hymn of the Republic, still sung in most Baptist churches
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Union victory
1863 Seventh Day Adventist movement begins
1865 Confederate general Robert E Lee surrenders to Union general Grant at Appamattox courthouse
1881 Westcott & Hort Greek new testament
1881 Charles Taze Russel founds the Watchtower tract society, later to be known as Jehovas Witnesses
1901 Revised Version and ASV (American Standard Version) bible
1913 Federal Reserve act passes over Christmas break in the US Congress
1914 Jehovas Witnesses failed prophecy of the end of the world
1914 World War one begins in Europe
1917 US enters WWI on the side of England
1919 Enfranchisement of women begins with 19th amendment to the US Constitution
1918-1919 Spanish flu kills tens of millions. More Americans die than in all of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam wars, combined.
1929 Black monday, stock markets crash in the US, ushering in the great depression
1930 Sacred Name movement begins, leading to modern-day Hebrew roots movements
1962 Supreme court case  Engel v. Vitale effectively ends prayer in school
1965 Hart-Cellar act passes, fundamentally changing US immigration laws, opening the flood gates to non-Europeans
1994 Dont ask, dont tell policy on homosexuals in the US military
2002 Glassroth v Moore, Ten Commandments taken out of Alabama state courthouse.
2015 Homosexual marriage accepted in all 50 US states