List of conflicts in the United States

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This is a list of conflicts in the United States. Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the late modern period to contemporary history. This list includes (but is not limited to) the following: Indian wars, skirmishes, wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, genocides, and other related items that have occurred within the geographical area (including overseas territories) of what is today known as, the "United States of America".

Late modern period[]

18th century[]

19th century[]

Contemporary history[]

20th Century[]

This covers conflicts and terrorist attacks in the 1900s that occurred within the modern territory of the United States of America. This also includes attacks upon the United States from Eurasian powers.

1900–1950[]

  • July 6–10, 1903 Evansville race riot
  • April – July, 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike
  • June 1, 1906 Cananea strike
  • September 22–24 Atlanta Massacre of 1906
  • 1910–1919 Border War
  • April 20, 1914 Ludlow Massacre
  • 1914–1918 World War I
    • April 21, 1914 Ypiranga incident
    • July 22, 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing
    • July 30, 1916 2:08:00 AM (AST; GMT−4) Black Tom explosion
    • January 11, 1917 Kingsland Explosion
    • August 2–3, 1917 Green Corn Rebellion
    • July 21, 1918 Attack on Orleans
    • August 7, 1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales
  • 1919 Red Summer
  • September 16, 1920 Wall Street bombing
  • November 2–3, 1920 Ocoee massacre
  • May 31 – June 1, 1921 Tulsa race riot
  • 1912 – 1921 West Virginia coal wars
    • September 10–21, 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain
  • December 14–15, 1922 Perry race riot
  • January 1–7, 1923 Rosewood massacre
  • March 20–23, 1923 Posey War
  • November 21, 1927 Columbine Mine massacre
  • 1931 July Red River Bridge War
  • 1931 July 28 Bonus Army protest
  • 1937 March 21 Ponce massacre
  • 1939 – 1945 World War II
The Navy radio station at Dutch Harbor burning after the Japanese Attack, 4 June 1942 According to Japanese intelligence, the nearest field for land-based American aircraft was at Fort Morrow AAF on Kodiak, more than 600 miles (970 km) away, and Dutch Harbor was a sitting duck for the Japanese fleet, carrying out a coordinated operation with a fleet that was to capture Midway Island. The Dutch Harbor attack was part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
  • October 16, 1940 – May 21, 1941 Machita Incident
  • December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • February 23, 1942 Bombardment of Ellwood
  • February 24–25, 1942 Battle of Los Angeles
  • June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943 Battle of the Aleutian Islands
  • June 21, 1942 Bombardment of Fort Stevens
  • July 27, 1942 Lordsburg Killings
  • September 9–29, 1942 Lookout Air Raids
  • May 30, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots
  • August 14, 1944 Fort Lawton Riot
  • March 12, 1945 Santa Fe Riot
  • April 16, – September 17, 1945 Project Hula
  • May 5–6, 1945 Battle of Point Judith
  • July 8, 1945 Midnight Massacre

1950–2000[]

  • July 24–26, 1964 Rochester race riot
  • August 11–17, 1965 Watts Rebellion
  • July 12–15, 1966 Chicago West Side riots
  • July 18–23, 1966 Hough riots
  • Summer of 1967 Long, hot summer of 1967
  • April 4 – May 27, 1968 King-assassination riots
  • August 7–8, 1968 Miami riots
  • August 23–28 1968 Democratic National Convention protests
  • June 28 – July 3, 1969 Stonewall riots
  • May 4, 1970 Kent State shootings
  • May 11–12, 1970 Augusta riot
  • August 24–27 1970 Memorial Park riot
  • September 9, 1971 Attica Prison riot
  • February 2–3, 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
  • May 17–20, 1980 Miami riots
  • May 13, 1985 MOVE Philadelphia bombing
  • April 29, 1992 Los Angeles riots
  • August 21–31, 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff
  • February 28 – April 19, 1993 Waco siege
  • April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
  • February 28, 1997 North Hollywood shootout
  • March 19 – 20, 1997 Heaven's Gate mass suicide

21st century[]

This includes domestic conflicts and terrorist attacks that took place within the United States. Note that actions of terrorism and domestic conflict are distinguished from one another.

  • 2001–present War on Terror
  • September 11, 2001 September 11 attacks
  • May 8, 2007 Fort Dix attack plot
  • November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shooting
  • April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
  • April 2, 2014 Fort Hood shooting
  • December 2, 2015 San Bernardino attack
  • June 12, 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting
  • October 31, 2017 New York City truck attack
  • December 6, 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting

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