US History: Rank major crisises

[American2020]

Consider the following major crises: American Revolution, Civil War, Great Depression, World wars, Year 1968, Watergate, 9/11, Great Recession and year 2020.

Rank from the most sever to the least sever.

My rank:
1- Civil War
2- Year 2020 / Great Depression
4- World Wars
5- American Revolution
6- Year 1968
7- Great Recession
8- 9/11
9- Watergate

[Del Tachi]

Uhm...quite easily:

1.  Civil War
2.  World War II
3.  Great Depression
4.  9/11
5.  "Year 2020"?
6.  Year 1968
7.  Great Recession
8.  Watergate

Didn't rank the Revolution, because it's actually way less of a historically dramatic event then many think; the Colonies had been growing distant from GB for quite some time, the casualties inflicted from the War were actually quite minor, and the daily life of most people changed relatively little. 

The amount of social/political change that happened in response to the Civil War and World War II is extremely profound; these wars and the periods immediately following them were the most "revolutionary" periods of American history. 

[Orser67]

American Revolution and aftermath (1775-1789)
Civil War
Great Depression
Cuban Missile Crisis (also broadly representing the height of the Cold War)
War of 1812
1876 election
WW1 + post-war (1914-1920)
WW2
Panic of 1893
Watergate
Great Recession
1968
9/11

[Lincoln Republican]

I would name the pandemic of 2020 as the major crisis in U.S. history, although this continues currently as well.

Along with the pandemic, Donald Trump and the Trump presidency are the other major crises ever faced by the United States.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Top 10:


1. American Revolution
2. The Civil War
3. The Great Depression
4. Cuban Missle Crises
5. WW2
6. 9/11
7. Great Recession
8. Year 2020(This could rise as high as number 5 but the long term affects arent known yet)
9. 1876 Election
10. 1970s Malaise

[LAKISYLVANIA]

1.  Civil War
2.  World War II
3.  Great Depression
4.  Year 2020
5.  9/11
6.  Year 1968
7.  Great Recession
8.  Watergate

[dead0man]

if you think 2020 is a bigger crisis than WWII you're a moron

[lfromnj]

if you think 2020 is a bigger crisis than WWII you're a moron

Meh for the world? Yeah of course World War 2 by a mile but its possible to argue that COVID has been more harmful to the American mainland than WW2. I disagree but its possible.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

The War of 1812 is profoundly underrated.

[here2view]

1: Civil War
2: World War II
3: Great Depression
4: 2020
5: 9/11
6: 1968
7: Great Recession
8: Watergate

I have a hard time ranking the American Revolution because it's completely unique from all other events. I could also see 2020 passing the Great Depression for #3.

There's a sizeable gap between #1-5 and #6-8 IMO.

[vitoNova]

I lump the "Spanish Flu" together with World War I.

And taken together, are several magnitudes worse than today's Rona.  

[StateBoiler]

American2020, I have something very important to tell you.

The plural of crisis is crises.

[dw93]

Civil War
World War II
The Great Depression
COVID-19/2020 Recession (tentatively)
Year 1968
9/11
Cuban Missile Crisis
Great Recession
Watergate/Mid-Late 1970's Malaise

[Samof94]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Korea as that was a major conflict that had a draft.