# Establishment of America
[1492] __1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)__: Christopher Columbus, Discovery of America
[1608] __The New World (2005)__: Founding of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas

# Colonial America
[1692] __The Crucible (1996)__: Salem Witch Trials
[1757] __The Last of the Mohicans (1992)__: French-Indian War

# The American Revolution
[1776] __1776 (1972)__: Debate over declaring independence (Musical)
[1776] __The Patriot (2000)__: Fictionalized characters and battles representing the revolutionary war

# Early Independence
[1812] __The Buccaneer (1958)__: War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte
[1836] __The Alamo (2004)__: The Battle of the Alamo, the most accurate of a group of very inaccurate movies depicting this event

# Slavery
[1839] __Amistad__: Pre-Civil War Slave Trade
[1841] __12 Years a Slave__: Slavery in mid-1800's
[1840-1860s] __Harriet__: Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman

# The Civil War
[1861] __Ride With the Devil__: Early Civil War, Confederate perspective
[1861-1863] __Glory__: Civil War, 54th regiment the first all-black regiment int he Civil War
[1863] __Gettysburg__: Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg
[1863] __Gangs of New York__: Bloody Draft Riots. Slice of Life around Civil War (not about the war)
[1861-1869] __Gone with the Wind__: Southern life during the Civil War
[1865] __Lincoln__: Final months of the Civil War, 13th Amendment

# Gilded Age
[1870] __The Age of Innocence__: Gilded Age

# American West - Late 1800s
[1881-1882] __The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford__: American West in the late 19th century
[1899] __Newsies__: The newsboy strike

# Turn of the Century
[1898-1910s] __There Will Be Blood__: Turn of the century American oil boom
[1900s] __Yankee Doodle Dandy__: Turn of the Century East Coast, during oil boom in California. The start of American theater and entertainment

# World War I
[1909-1920s] __Wilson__: President Woodrow Wilson and World War I
[1914-1918] __All Quiet on the Western Front__: World War I, Trench warfare
[1914-1918] __Wings__: World War I, Aerial combat
[1921] __The Immigrant__: After World War I, immigration from war torn Europe to America

# The Great Depression
[1909-1940s] __The Color Purple__: Great Depression, through the lens of southern a African Americans
[1930s] __Grapes of Wrath__: Great Depression

# World War II
[1943-1945] __Patton__: World War II
[1945] __Flags of Our Fathers__: Battle of Iwo Jima
[1945-1946] __The Best Years of Our Lives__: End of World War II, the fallout of war for normal everyday Americans

# Civil Rights - Part 1
[1947-1960s] __Cadillac Records__: Rise of minority cultural contributions in music
[1937-1970s] __The Butler__: Civil Rights over several decades and presidencies
[1944-1982] __Forrest Gump__: Civil Rights, Entirely fictional character, passing through many real and important events

# Space Race
[1957] __October Sky__: Space Race, just after Sputnik
[1947-1963] __The Right Stuff__: Space Race
[1961] __Hidden Figures__: Inner workings of NASA, and racial tension
[1961-1967] __First Man__: The moon landing

# Cuban Missile Crisis
[1961] __Thirteen Days__: Cuban Missile Crisis

# Civil Rights - Part 2
[1960s] __The Help__: Slice of life for southern African Americans
[1943-1965] __Malcolm X__: Civil Rights, Malcolm X
[1964] __Selma__: Civil Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

# Assassination of JFK
[1961-1969] __JFK__: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

# The Cold War
[1964] __Dr. Strangelove__: Cold War, satirical

# The Vietnam War
[1965] __Good Morning Vietnam__: Slice of life for soldiers during the Vietnam War
[1967-1976] __Born on the 4th of July__: Vietnam War

# Space Exploration
[1969-1970] __Apollo 13__: The aborted Apollo 13 mission

# Richard Nixon
[1969-1974] __Nixon__: The Nixon presidency
[1972-1973] __All the President's Men__: Watergate

# 1970s
[1970-1978] __Milk__: First openly Gay elected to public office
[1976] __Dazed and Confused__: American bicentennial slice of life, 1970s

# Iranian Hostage Crisis
[1979] __Argo__: Iranian hostage crisis

# 1980s
[1989] __Do the Right Thing__: 1980s slice of life, racial tensions

# 1990s
[1996] __Richard Jewell__: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
[1999] __I'm Not Ashamed__: Columbine High School shooting

# The Great War on Terror
[2001] __United 93__: September 11th 2001 "9/11"
[2001-2011] __Zero Dark Thirty__: War on Terror

# Internet Age
[2003-2010] __The Social Network__: The Internet Age

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