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What say ye? There is a catch…top ten non-wartime events…http://hubpages.com/_njb1966/hub/Top-Ten-Events-in-American-History
Interesting list. Some of the items listed were ones that I was not really aware of.Something I might add is the lunar missions, or something space-related. American supremacy in space (after Sputnik) was truly historic for the age it ushered and the related growth of technology.
1. The Great Depression2. Assassination of Kennedy3. Assassination of King4. Moonshot5. Kent State6. Woodstock7. Dredd Scott Case8. Roe v. Wade9. Brown v. Board of Education10. 9-11
I would not consider 9-11 a non-wartime event. The attack was clearly an Act of War even though perpretrated by a non-state actor.I would add the McKinley assassination that put Teddy Roosevelt into office. Roosevelt entirely changed US foreign policy and had a profound effect on the business climate in the US as well.
I would not consider 9-11 a non-wartime event. The attack was clearly an Act of War even though perpretrated by a non-state actor.I would add the McKinley assassination that put Teddy Roosevelt into office. Roosevelt entirely changed US foreign policy and had a profound effect on the business climate in the US as well.
If I made it 11 McKinnley assassination would be in there... Absolutely...As for 9/11, it pre-empted any conflict... hence it's inclusion...Donald, some othe events you referred to were during Vietnam (sticklers will say it wasn't a war...declared... true enough.. but ask anyone who served if it was a war) so those events would be excluded.Obviously the list could be huge... I picked things that defined a moment in our history and were instrumental in future change.
I would not consider 9-11 a non-wartime event. The attack was clearly an Act of War even though perpretrated by a non-state actor.I would add the McKinley assassination that put Teddy Roosevelt into office. Roosevelt entirely changed US foreign policy and had a profound effect on the business climate in the US as well.
If I made it 11 McKinnley assassination would be in there... Absolutely...As for 9/11, it pre-empted any conflict... hence it's inclusion...Donald, some othe events you referred to were during Vietnam (sticklers will say it wasn't a war...declared... true enough.. but ask anyone who served if it was a war) so those events would be excluded.Obviously the list could be huge... I picked things that defined a moment in our history and were instrumental in future change.
None of the events I listed were combat or war related. All were domestic events involving civilians (including Kent State).
Don't know if this is considered war-related because it did lead to the Revolutionary War, but what about the rebellion against British taxation, and the nationalistic, self-sustaining, patriotic attitude of early manufacturing? It drove America to develop her own economy.
I would not consider 9-11 a non-wartime event. The attack was clearly an Act of War even though perpretrated by a non-state actor.I would add the McKinley assassination that put Teddy Roosevelt into office. Roosevelt entirely changed US foreign policy and had a profound effect on the business climate in the US as well.
If I made it 11 McKinnley assassination would be in there... Absolutely...As for 9/11, it pre-empted any conflict... hence it's inclusion...Donald, some othe events you referred to were during Vietnam (sticklers will say it wasn't a war...declared... true enough.. but ask anyone who served if it was a war) so those events would be excluded.Obviously the list could be huge... I picked things that defined a moment in our history and were instrumental in future change.
Notch,By that logic, Pearl Harbor and the Destruction of the USS Maine belong on the list because both events predate the actual declaration of War.
In my lifetime by sequence from the day I was born 24 June 1932:1. 1st election of FDR2. Pearl Harbor3. VE & VJ Day4. Korean War5. Cuban Missile Crisis6. JFK assassination7. 1964 Civil Rights Act8. The Beatles arrive in the USA.9. Vietnam War. 10. Attack on Twin Towers
My stab – without looking at the link – a mix of domestically and internationally important events:Non-(directly)War related events:Louisiana PurchaseThe voyage of Teddy Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet" asserting the U.S. as a world powerWright brothers' flight at Kitty HawkThe Great Depression & FDR's "Fair Deal" The establishment of labor unionsHenry Ford's mass production of the automobileKansas -Nebraska ActRace to the moonBrown v. Board of EducationTranscontintental Railroad
Okay, looking at Notch's list, some overlap and some interesting ommissions/inclusions. Keeping them non-war related was a little tough.Ratification of the Constitution is a big one - how'd I miss that ???I guess Henry Ford wouldn't have done the automobile the way he did if Eli Whitney hadn't invented the cotton gin.They mention Andrew Jackson's Presidency, but perhaps the biggest event in Presidential history is Washington's refusal to take the office as a lifetime appointment and stepping down at the end of his term.Panama Canal - yup.The Civil Rights movement - or if we're looking for a specific event, the passage of the Civil Rights Act.9/11 - I'm not sure it qualifies if we are going to exclude Pearl Harbor and South Caronlina's secession from the Union - are these events considered "war related"?
[quiet mode]I'm going to say this softly because it may upset some; I'm not sure 9/11 belongs on the top 10 list… too soon to tell the lasting impact of what may end up no more than a sidebar item in the history books. Much of what has been assigned status as a result of this attack would have been forthcoming anyway… just not the press coverage. IMHO[/quiet mode]
