10 Major Events

By Ericalp89

  • In God We Trust

    In God We Trust
    An act was passed by Congress restoring the moto “ In God We Trust” on the coins of the United States. It appears on all gold and silver coins since July 1, 1908

  • First military air flight rakes place in San Antonio

    First military air flight rakes place in San Antonio
    Wilbur and Orville Wright build the Army’s first airplane and brought it to San Antonio and publicly demonstrated on March 2 at Fort Sam Houston.

  • World War I

    World War I
    The spark that set off World War I was made the aforementioned iteam come into play imperialism,militarism, nationalism was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary a serbian nationalist terrorist group called the black hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke

  • Texas adopts the 19th Amendment

    Texas adopts the 19th Amendment
    Texas was the first state to approve the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution winning woman the right to vote in the national elections.

  • “Ma” Ferguson First Woman Governor Elected in Texas

    “Ma” Ferguson First Woman Governor Elected in Texas
    Miriam “Ma” Ferguson was the first woman Governor of Texas serving two years (1924-1926)-(1932-1934)

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The Great Depression was a big economic shock in which affected almost all the countries in the world. It included slowing consumer demand, mounting consumer debt, decreased industrial production and the rapid and reckless expansion of the U.S. stock market.

  • Brown v. Board of Education; End of Segregation in Public Schools

    Brown v. Board of Education; End of Segregation in Public Schools
    By the Supreme Court's decision to end Segregation in professional schools, the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education extended those rights to ALL schools in the United States. No matter what color or race you were, you were allowed to attend the same school.

  • Washingtons March

    Washingtons March
    More than a quarter of a million people participated in the march on Washington for jobs and Freedom gathering near the Lincoln’s Memorial

  • Kennedy Assassinated

    Kennedy Assassinated
    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dallas Tx. By Harvey Oswald.

  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr Assassination
    Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The news of his death did a major outbraks of racial violence restiong in more than 40 deaths nationwide.