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First Ford
Henry Ford makes the first car that the middle class could afford. -
U.S enters World War 1
After German submarines sink seven us merchants ships, Wilson called war on Germany. -
Assassination Of Franz Ferdinand
Franz and his wife where assassinated by a member of the black hand while in a parade in Bosnia. -
Austria-Hungary Declares War On Serbia
austria-hungary declares war on serbia when a member of the black hand assassinates franz and they did not meet austria-hungary's demands -
Germany Invades Belgium
Germany invades Belgium to outflank the french army. -
Submarines In Acton
Germany begins to use the new creation of U-boats. -
Sinking of The Lusitania
German U-boats shoot down The Lusitania from under water sinking the ship killing 1,198 people aboard in just a matter of 18 minutes. One reason why the United States enter ww1. -
Battle Of Verdun
The first war on western front, one of the most major battles of the war. ended in a french victory when Germany failed to achieve there two strategic objectives. war resulted in a quarter of a million deaths. -
Unrestricted Submarines
Germany adopted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in an attempt to starve Great Britain. -
Germany Signs Armistice With Allies
End of WW1. -
Treaty Of Versailles
The official peace settlement known as the Treaty of Versailles was signed near the beautiful palace at Versailles, near Paris. The treaty was not easy on Germany and even Eventually started a second world war. -
Prohibition
The bill had been passed that meant anything with more than .5 alcohol is prohibited in the United States. many Americans would sneak these beverages behind the police they were known as bootleggers. -
Women's Suffrage
Women get more rights to go to just about any job they please so they do not have to be house wives anymore and of course the right to vote. -
Scopes Trial
A young biology teacher named John Scopes challenged the state's ban on teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in public schools. William Jennings Bryan argued against Scopes saying evolution cannot be taught because it is not in the Bible. It highlighted the controversy between Modernity vs. Tradition. -
Black Tuesday
The stock market crashes and many investors lose their stocks. This would start the beginning of the great depression as Herbert Hoover also becomes president. -
The dust Bowl
Big dust comes rushing down causing huge destruction on many farm lands. Most of the dust came from either Oklahoma or New Mexico. -
Hoover Dam
In 1931 the Hoover dam known back then as the bolder dam was a dam built in Colorado to help stop the river from coming down on cities, gave the houses electricity, and water supply. -
Fireside Chat
President Roosevelt delivers his first radio "fireside chat," explaining to the American people what has happened in the U.S. banking system -
New President
Franklin D. Roosevelt took office More than 11,000 of the nation’s 25,000 banks had closed Roosevelt announces a three-day “bank holiday” to prevent a third run on banks and to shore up the banking system Unemployment reached its highest level, at 25%. -
Social Security Act
The Work Projects Administration (WPA) was formed to employ up to 8.5 million people on public works projects across the country The Social Security Act was signed into law, financed through payroll taxes -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. As the Germans advanced, Polish forces withdrew from their forward bases of operation close to the Polish-German border to more established lines of defense to the east. -
Germany Invades France
In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phony War. -
Pearl Harbor
On this date the naval base Pearl Harbor was attacked. Early on a quite morning suddenly the base was attacked by Japanese fighter planes many Americans died and the base was destroyed along with many ships. After this happening president FDR declared war on Japan which entered us into WW2. -
Victory in Africa
During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts and in Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia -
D-day
June 1944 was a major turning point of World War II, particularly in Europe. Although the initiative had been seized from the Germans some months before, so far the western Allies had been unable to mass sufficient men and material to risk an attack in northern Europe -
Battle Of The Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive, launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. -
Germany Surrenders
The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945. Generally ended the war -
Atomic Bomb
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. -
Korean War Begins
After military decisions by both sides along side the 38th parallel the communists north crosses the border into south Korea. The north forces quickly over whelm the defenders and take over Seoul in a matter of three days. -
Seoul Recaptured
Seoul changes hands as finally the U.N forces are able to recapture the badly damaged south Korean capital. This also gives MacArthur's men a chance to advance north to the 38th parallel. -
MacArthur Dismissed
MacArthur thought that the only war to end this war was to bomb China because of their involvement but president Truman ordered him and his men to stand down. The general didn't agree with the president so he was fired or relieved of his duty and was no longer general of the U.N forces. -
New president
After being elected, Dwight D. Eisenhower travels to Korean to join in the peace negotiations. -
Korean Armistice
North Korea and china sign an agreement to continue the Korean divisions but south Korea refuses and orders a 2 and a half mile buffer zone near the 38th parallel down the middle of the Korean peninsula. -
Welcome to Vietnam
America went into Vietnam because the north Vietnamese were supported by the Soviet Union and other communist countries. So in a way we were fighting Russia but it was more to stop the communist spread (domino theory). this war was a proxy war. -
John.F Kennedy Assassinated
While going down a road in Dallas Texas along side his wife he was shot and killed by a sniper rifle. some say it was an ex marine who shot him but no one has been officially arrested for his death. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Bombing planes would go into the north and drop bombs to try and force the north Vietnamese into forgo. -
Battle Of Ia Drang
The first major battle of the Vietnam war also known as death valley was a battle to were many Americans lost their lives and was fought out for four days. The goal for Harold G. Moore and his men was simply a search and destroy mission that may have been deadly but was a mission accomplished and will be remembered as one of the most deadly wars in American history. -
The Tet Offensive
In Vietnam during the war that time with american involvement and still today there was a national holiday called Tet which meant the new year and all forces were on halt for the holiday but in 1968 the North Vietnamese decides to make a major offensive towards the south and took over the U.S embassy there and so it became a major battle all across Vietnam. -
Kent state shooting
One warm after noon down in Kent state university riots were spreading all over the place the so the national guard had to come down to stop all the protest but the national guard was starting to be criticized to because of all the events in Vietnam going on at the time so they thought that those men were bad people as well so the students got to close to the men and started to pose a threat so the men opened fire and wounded some and killed 4. others say that they got scared and opened fire. -
Operation Homecoming
When America was finally leaving Vietnam for good the U.S military operated Operation Homecoming which was when the military went to go get all Prisoners of war released from the Vietnam prisons which only 566 were released and unfortunately the other thousand were not they were either missing or dead. -
The Fall Of Saigon
Just two years after America withdrew from Vietnam it was all up to South Vietnam to stop the North from spreading Communism to their country. But in 1975 the North commenced a huge operation to make it to the south's capital Saigon and the north was to powerful for the south so once the north reached Saigon the south surrendered and north and south Vietnam reunited as one communist country. -
Winter Olympics
Sarajevo is host to the Winter Olympics, the second games held in a communist country. -
Fall Of Barre Regime
Barre suffered serious injuries in a life-threatening car accident near Mogadishu, when the car that was driving him to his location smacked into the back of a bus during a storm. He was in the hospital for a month to be treated for head injuries, broken ribs, an shock. Even though he recovered enough by december 23, 1986 ,his poor health had people wonder who'd be more fit for the presedential spot. -
Persian Gulf
The U.S president was George H.W Bush.
Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait in early 1990.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt ask the united States and the international community for help.
January 1991- Hussein defies U.S orders. -
Operation Desert Storm
42 days of attacks - February 28th a cease fire
Leads to war in Iraq in 2003.
No permanent treaty by Iran, peace seemed imminent then, Hussein delivers a speech where he makes accusations against Kuwait.
- Accuses Kuwait of taking crude oil
-Demands their foreign dept be taken care of
-Conspiracy to keep oil prices low( for the west)
-Says Kuwait is not a "real" country.
Hussein then invades Kuwait
August 3rd 1990 the United Nations ask for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. -
Trade Ban
The United Nations calls for a worldwide ban on trade with Iraq. -
Deadline to leave Kuwait
January 15, 1991 was the date the United Nations Security Council set as the deadline for Iraqi forces to leave Kuwait -
Gulf War Ends
On February 28, 1991, President George Bush declared a cease-fire after Iraqi forces were completely vanquished. The Iraqi government had announced acceptance of the United Nations resolution -
beginning Of Somalian Civil War
By the time that contenders for the presidential spot came around, the moral authority of Barre's ruling (SRC) had collapsed. The regime was weakened even more in the 1980s as the Cold War was ending & Somalia's strategic importance was diminished. The Government became increasingly totalitarian, and resistance movements encouraged by Ethiopia's communist Derg administration, spread across the country. This led to in (91) the start of the civil war, the ending of Barre's regime, and end of SNA -
Serbs Take Power
Serbs take power and begin opening concentration camps, where killings, torture, and brutal interrogations occur. Camps such as Omerska and Trnopolje gain infamy, the latter of which operates as staging ground for massive deportations of civilians - mostly of women, children, and elderly men. Killings and rape are standard practice. -
United Nation Interventions
UN Security Council Resolution 733 and UN Security Council Resolution 746 eventually led up to the creation of UNOSOM I , which was the first mission to provide humanitarian relief and help restore order in Somalia.United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 was passed on December 3, 1992, which approved a pact of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international military cooperative, gets involved in the Bosnian conflict, when it shoots down four Serbian jets that had violated the no-fly zone -
End Of U.S Involvement
UN Soldiers eventually left altogether from the country on March 3rd, 1995 , having incurred more significant casulties. -
NATO Air Strikes
NATO begins Operation Deliberate Force, a three-week campaign against Serb military targets in response to the violation of safe havens. It is the first use of force since NATO's founding in 1949. -
U.N Bosnia Intervention
UNPROFOR, which had been deployed to stabilize neighboring Croatia, has its mandate expanded and deploys into Bosnia to protect the country's airspace and support deliveries of humanitarian supplies -
Clinton Commits Troops
U.S. President Bill Clinton, during a nationally televised address, calls for U.S. support for sending 20,000 American troops to Bosnia. -
Hussein's takeover
During Mohamed Farah Aideed’s Leadership, and from the following war between warlords, Somalia was suffering violently. -
911
Early this morning the first twin tower was struck by an airplane. It was thought to be an accident but then a second plane hit the second tower then America knew it was no accident. Another plane hit the pentagon and another tried to hit the white house but landed in a field in Pennsylvania. Then immediately America went to the war on terror. -
Reinforcements In Somalia
Al-Qaeda are suspected by the U.S Government to be looking for refuge in Somalia. As a result, the U.S increases their military operations -
Pat Tillman Death
Famous Arizona cardinals defenses back. linebacker and safety Pat Tillman was a very strong patriot and after 911 joined the marines and went into the middle east and was sadly accidentally shot down by friendly fire. Now is known as the most brave patriotic man that many will always look up too.
