Saddest Events In United States History

1. 9/11

   

   People who make jokes about this event are cruel individuals who want to become psychopaths.

   Yes, 3,000 lives were lost due to terrorists destroying the Twin Towers.

   My god, this was the saddest. I practically cry even when I think about it.

2. Assassination of John F. Kennedy

   

   JFK was a great President. If he hadn't been assassinated, many terrible events could have been prevented.

3. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

   

   He was just watching a play at a theater, and then someone killed him because the Confederacy surrendered?

4. The Iraq War

5. The Great Depression

   

   The Roaring '20s was the reason this happened.

6. American Civil War

   

7. Slave Trade

   It ruined the lives of countless Africans, gave us gruesome stories about the cruelty of the slave-masters, started a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people, and made racism a staple of American culture even after it officially ended.

   By far the saddest series of events in American history.

   Very sad when compared to 9/11 or the JFK assassination.

8. The Vietnam War

   

9. WWII

   

10. Pearl Harbour Bombing

    
The Newcomers
11. ?

    Coronavirus Pandemic (2020)

    

    This should be in the top 5. The number of deaths has been horrifying.

12. ?

    Donald Trump Elected President

    This is very bad for all of us and a very sad day indeed. So many innocent people are being targeted and attacked by people who support him.

    Why are guns still legal? Have we learned nothing from all the school and mass shootings? Why does he only care about people's gender and not about the innocent people who were wrongfully killed?

    We need a better president, one who puts more money toward cancer research and mental health resources.

The Contenders

13. Oklahoma City Bombing

    

    This was sadder than Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook shouldn't be in the top 10.

14. Assassination of Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King didn't deserve to die. He was just a person who wanted freedom.

15. WWI

    

16. Challenger Disaster (1986)

17. Sandy Hook Shooting

    

    Just looking at the pictures of the kids makes me want to cry. Considering they died scared, I hope they're in a better place now. I'm sad their lives were cut short so suddenly.

    Poor kids. I would sacrifice my life to save them and ensure they made it out of the school on time.

    It's awful how someone can be so evil. I hope Adam Lanza is rotting in hell.

18. The War of 1812

19. Stock Market Crash - 1929

    This led to the start of the Great Depression.

20. 2017 Las Vegas Strip Shooting

    This should rank higher than Sandy Hook. It was the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.

21. The Acquisition of Native American Lands

    How can the "Trail of Tears" not be in the top 5? And why are assassinations considered sadder moments than the enslavement of an entire race of people and the death of half a million Americans in the Civil War?

22. Hurricane Katrina

23. Death of Michael Jackson

    

24. Columbine Massacre

    Why is Sandy Hook higher than this? Is it solely because it's little kids that makes it somehow sadder? Columbine walked so Sandy Hook could run! Adam Lanza had an obsession with Columbine and probably wouldn't have done the Sandy Hook shooting if Columbine and similar events hadn't occurred!

    This is when two bullied teenagers chose to go on a rampage in their school, killing 13 people and setting bombs in the cafeteria to kill everyone inside.

25. 2021 Storming of the United States Capitol

    

26. Kobe Bryant’s Death (2020)

    

27. Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)