1900-2000

By jbechtel
  • US Entry into WWI

    US Entry into WWI

    The United States joined World War I.
  • Women get the Right to Vote

    Women get the Right to Vote

    The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Stock Market Crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression
  • Attack at Pearl Harbor

    Attack at Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacked naval base Pearl Harbor leading the U.S. to join WWII.
  • I Have a Dream Speech

    I Have a Dream Speech

    Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream speech" during the Civil Rights Movement.
  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination

    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. This prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion or sex.
  • MLK JR. Assassination

    MLK JR. Assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated outside his hotel balcony prompting major outbreaks of racial violence.
  • Roe V. Wade

    Roe V. Wade

    The Supreme Court legalized abortion with its decision on reproductive rights during Roe V. Wade.
  • Chernobyl

    Chernobyl

    Nuclear power plant, Chernobyl, disaster in Ukraine was an explosion that was the worst nuclear accident in history.