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— 250 years since 1776. Explore two and a half centuries of American history.
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Anniversaries in American history that fall on August 18.
1920 · Events / Protests & Movements
Women's Suffrage Movement
The seven-decade campaign that won American women the right to vote in 1920
Women's Suffrage Movement
1920 · Documents / Laws & Acts
Nineteenth Amendment
The Constitutional Amendment That Gave Women the Right to Vote, 1920
Nineteenth Amendment
1831 · Concepts / Social Issues
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history; 55 white and ~200 Black people killed
American Slavery