if you mean an event 1857-present then here are some good ones
Entering World War I
Civil Rights Movement
Joining the League of Nation(in the end we did not join)
the New Deal
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Watergate Scandal
The Red Scare
Invasion of Cuba(forgot the name of this opperation)/Cuban Missle Crisis
Napalm and Agent Orange being used during Vietnam War
Funding Mujahadden(sp?) of Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
War in Iraq(thought I should throw that one in their because I see good arguments for both sides)
Supporting Israel during the cold war
Space Program
If you want opinions from both sides on any of the above I will be happy to give them to you
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I am good with WWI,WWII, and Cold War
OOh I almost forgot about this one... Japanese Internment camps in the west coast.