Brief synopsis of American History- very general

Civilization Analysis The United States of America Oh say! Can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hail'd at the twilights last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the rampart we wach'd were so gallantly streaming? That is part of the Star Spangled Banner. It is the National Anthem of the United States of America. America is among the most proud nations in the world. …

…- Abraham Lincoln becomes president * 1861-1865- Civil War * 1871- Chicago Fire * 1882- U.S gets Standard Time * 1898- Spanish- American War * 1903- Wright Brothers * 1914-1919-WWI * 1919- League of Nations * 1931- Star Spangled Banner is adopted * 1939-1945- WWII * 1945- United Nations * 1950-1953- Korean War * 1950-1975- Vietnam War * 1959- Alaska becomes state * 1986- Challenger * 1991- Persian Golf War * 2004- War against terror Works Cited: 11 May 2005 <www.usahistory.com>.