1877-Present Timeline

  • The Great Railroad Strike

    The Great Railroad Strike
    A strike in the US over cuts in poeples wages and this caused riots and labor unrests.
  • Effiel Tower is completed

    Effiel Tower is completed
    Effiel tower is completed and opened to the public eye.
  • Wright Brothers first airplane

    Wright Brothers first airplane
    Wright Brothers first powered plane was flown.
  • US joins WWI

    US joins WWI
    Us finally joins the efforts in WW1 and joined the Allies in there fight
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    This triggered the Great Depression along with multiple economic hardships.
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    this was made being aimed to promote econmic growth and help Americans afterthe great depression.
  • World War 2

    World War 2
    US joins the War and Japan Bombed pearl harbor the day before. This marked the start of the US part of WW2.
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    US joins the war efforts after North Korea invades South korea, this war was also a key event in the cold war.
  • cuban missle act

    cuban missle act
    The United States and the Soivet Union had a Nuclear weapon scare that casued a lot of tension throought both powers.
  • MLK Speech

    MLK Speech
    Matin Luther King Jr. had a very moving and powerful speech that futher more sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    A prolonged conflict in Southeast Asia, a proxy war of the Cold War, pitting communist North Vietnam and its allies against South Vietnam and the United States, and its allies.
  • water gate scandal

    water gate scandal
    Watergate scandal refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.
  • Fall of the Berlin wall

    Fall of the Berlin wall
    Symbolized the end of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain, triggered by a combination of East German government concessions, widespread protests, and a mistaken announcement about border restrictions, leading to the opening of the border and ultimately German reunification.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    Terriost attack on the twin towers and also the pentagon and caused lots of hysteria in the whitehouse.
  • Iraq War

    Iraq War
    The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged armed conflict in Iraq that began with a US-led coalition invasion in 2003.
  • Inauguration of Barack Obama to a Second Term

    Inauguration of Barack Obama to a Second Term
    The Inauguration of Barack Obama to serve out his second term.
  • Inauguration of Donald J Trump

    Inauguration of Donald J Trump
    Donald Trump's Inauguration to serve his first term as president in 2017
  • Covid 19

    Covid 19
    US goes into a national pandemic and Covid-19 cases spread along with a multitude of deaths and school shutdowns.
  • Storming of the capital

    Storming of the capital
    A bunch of replublicans start storming the capital and riots start going on along with lots of arrests being made.