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The invention of the Model T
The first production of the Model T Ford. Ford built 15 million Model T vehicles. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
It was an agreement that Mexico would be Germany's ally against America if the U.S. joined the Allies. This is one of the reasons why America joined the war. -
The WWI Armistice
This was the end of World War 1. Germany signed the armistice agreement with the Allies. -
The 19th Amendment
This was when the law was passed that women had the right to vote in America -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
He was the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. He became famous after his flight. -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday is also known as The Wall Street Crash of 1929. It was a huge stock market crash that led to the Great Depression. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Paul von Hindenburg make Adolf Hitler the Chancellor of Germany. This also made him the leader of the Nazi party. -
The New Deal
When Franklin D. Roosevelt first became President, he created the New Deal to help get Americans jobs again. The New Deal was also to help the economy. -
The Munich Pact
British Prime minister Neville Chamberlain and French Prime minister Edouard Daladier signed the Munich pact with Hitler. The pact was letting Germany have rule over territory in Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler Invades Poland
Hitler staged a Polish attack on Germany to invoke them to invade poland. The next day, Germany invaded Poland. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing a lot of American soldiers and destroying battleships and airplanes. -
D-Day
This was the day that the Allies enter France. This was also the Normandy Landings. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
America dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. It happened at the end of World War 2. -
The formation of United Nations
The United Nations was formed to try to prevent another event such as World War 2. It is to help with the cooperation of the countries. -
The Long Telegram
George Kennan sends the long telegram to the State Department. He told them about how he thought of the Soviet Union -
The formation of NATO
NATO stands for The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This was an organization of different countries to defend against the Soviet Union. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The U.S. realized that Russia also was developing an atomic bomb. The ideas were given to them by someone who was working with the Americans on their bomb. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations and America joined the war to help South Korea. -
Brown v Board of Education
This was when Supreme Court that segregating the blacks and the whites was unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam War
The war was North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and America -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
In Alabama and black woman named Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus. She was arrested because of this. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted thirteen days. The crisis was because there were Soviet missiles in Cuba. -
JFK’s Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on this day in Dallas, Texas. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was what congress passed for the approval for expansion of the Vietnam War. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
This was when the first people ever landed on the moon. They were American astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. -
The Watergate Break-ins
There were burglaries inside the office of the Democratic National Committee. They were caught trying to steal secret documents. Nixon tried to cover up the scandal. -
Nixon’s Resignation
President Richard Nixon resigned from office because of the Watergate Scandal. He was also in danger of impeachment. -
The invention of the Internet
When the internet was developed, it started as a weapon in the Cold War to share data. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to separate East and West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was torn down almost 30 years after it was built. -
The 9/11 Attacks
There were terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers when airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the twin towers. There was also an airplane that hit the Pentagram.
