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George Washington Carver
Born in 1860 Died 1943, He had whooping cough. He became a teacher after years of not being able to get into school. He was one of the finest scientists the world has ever known. -
The First Transcontinental Railroad
From Nebraska to California. It was an important goal of Abraham Lincoln. The Irish, Mormons, and Chinese built most of the track. -
Alexander Graham Bell
He was born 3/3/1847 he died 8/2/1922. Invented the telephone. He also invented the metal detector. The first words sent over the telephone were, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you!" -
Thomas Alva Edison
Born February 11, 1847 died October 18, 1931. He had six kids. He quoted "I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that wont work." He invented the light bulb. -
Wilbur and Orville Wright
They were two American engineers, and inventors. They built the first airplane. -
Henry Ford
Born July 30, 1863, died April 7, 1947. He built the first car ever made. He built two racecars. He named one 999, and the other one Arrow. He helped George Washington Carver in his experiments. After making a car that was very expensive to the common people, he was able to use conveyor belts to reduce the cost of manufacturing and got the cost of the car down to an affordable price. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
He was assassinated in Sarajevo and was next in line to become king in Austria. His murder is considered the spark that started the war. -
Treaty of Versailles
The most important of the Peace Treaty that brought WWI to the end. The Treaty ended the state of the war between Germany and the Allied powers. It was signed on June 28, 1919 in Versailles. -
First radio broadcast, Warren Harding elected, women get their first vote
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John Baird invents TV
John Baird invents the first television. He was a Scottish inventor. -
andy warhol
He was an American Artist -
Herbert Hoover 31st President
He was President during The Great Depression. He was called the "Great Humanitarian" because he fed war-torn Europe during and after WWI. It was during his Presidency that the stock market crashed and The Great Depression started. -
Books are burned
Books with ideas considered dangerous to Nazis are burned. -
End of Jewish newspapers
Jewish newspapers can no longer be sold. -
Jews are deprived of rights
Jews are deprived of their citizenship and other basic rights. -
No more rights
Jews no longer have the right to vote -
New living for Jews
Jews are forced into ghettos -
Germany attacks the Soviet Nation
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Nazis want to end Jews
Nazi officials discuss the final solution of their plan to kill all European Jews to the government officials. -
Nazi takeover
About 80-85 percent of the Jews who would die in the holocaust have already been murdered. -
D-day
The day on which the Battle of Normandy began. -
President Truman
33rd President of the United States -
V-E day
V-E day stands for victory day in Europe. It marks a very important event in WWII. The end of the war with Germany. -
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining a consent of the United Kingdom as required Quebec agreement. The two bombings killed atleast 129,000 people. Most of whom were civilians. They remain the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of warfare. -
V-J day
V-J day stands for victory in Japan. It marks a very important day in WWII. The day Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war. -
Communism
When the government is selfish and is only looking out for themselves and the rest of the people suffer because of it. -
Brown vs. the Board of Education
where the Supreme Court ruled that schools would no longer be segregated -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, aka the second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 -
March on Washington
One of the most famous events of the Civil Rights Movement. This is where MLK delivered "I Have a Dream" speech -
Richard Nixon
38th president of united states -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon -
Gerald Ford
38th president of United States. "Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time." -
Bill Clinton
42th president of the United Sates -
Jimmy Carter
39th President of United States. "We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles." -
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States. "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." -
George H. W. Bush.
41th President of the United States -
Barack Obama
44th President of United States
