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The invention of the Model T
The first Model T came out in 1908 -
The 16th, 17th and 19th Amendments
The 16th amendment created an income tax, 17th allowed Americans to directly elect the U.S. senators and the 19th gave women the right to vote. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
Zimmerman's telegram was intercepted by the british -
The WWI Armistice
It ended fighting on air, lamd, and sea between the allies and their opponent Germany. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean -
Black Thursday
panicked sellers trade nearly 13 million shares in the New York Stock Exchange. -
The New Deal
Series and programs during the Depression, created by Franklin D. Roosevelt to help restore prosperity to Americans. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor on January 30, 1933 -
The Munich Pact
Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Hitler -
Hitler Invades Poland
Poland was invaded by Germany -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. -
D-Day
Allied forces invade northern France by beach landings in Normandy. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
During the tail end of the War, the US dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 6 and 9th of 1945. -
The formation of the United Nations
An intergovernmental organization that maintains international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international co-operation and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations. -
The Long Telegram
Kennan wrote the Long Telegram outlining his views and oppinions. -
The formation of NATO
an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Russians successfully tested their first atomic bomb "First Lightning" -
The Korean War
Between north and south Korea. Started June 25, 1950, and ended July 27, 1953 -
Brown v Board of Education
Was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. Started December 9, 1952 and ended may 17 1954. -
The Vietnam War
Started November 1, 1955 and ended April 30, 1975. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused dto give up her seat on a segregated bus. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Started October 16 of 1962 and ended October 28 1962. -
JFK’s Assassination
John F Kennedy was assassinated. -
The 1964 Civil Rights Act
ended segregation in public places -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Allowed President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
The 1965 Voting Rights Act
It allowed the blacks to vote -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The rocket launched July 16, 1969, and landed on the moon on July 20th and returned to Earth July 24, 1969. -
The Watergate Break-ins
A Committee to Re-Elect Nixon broke into the Democratic National Committee's Watergate headquarters, and stole copies of top-secret documents and bugged the office's phones. -
Nixon’s Resignation
The Watergate incident cost Nixon a lot of his political support. -
The invention of the Internet
Researcheres began to assemble the netwrk of netorks. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall seperating parts of germany from each other was finally destroyed. -
The 9/11 Attacks
It was a series of terrorist attacks against the US.