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The 15th Amendment
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. -
The completion of the Panama Canal
in 1914 the us completed the panama canal making it possible for ships to cut straght through central america -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
June 28, 1914, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Assassinated -
us entry to WWI
he United States' entry into World War I came in April 1917, after two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States neutral .. -
U.S. entry into WWI
he United States' entry into World War I came in April 1917, after two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States neutral during World War I -
Treaty of Versailles
It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, -
The 19th Amendment
over many years women faught for the right to vote.years of protests and propaganda campaigns proven effective when the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920. -
) Hitler invades Poland
in 1939 hitler used his power over germany to invade poland. thisis anaction thst sparked the begining of WW2. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Executive order 9066
Executive Order 9066 is a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt . -
) Executive order 9066
February 19, 1942, this order authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland. -
U.S. drops second Atomic bomb in Japan
On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. -
U.S. drops first Atomic bomb in Japan
The first atomic bomb dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
First U.S. military advisors were sent into Vietnam
in 1955 the US sent the first millitary advisors to vietnam.the millitary advisors job is to train the vietnamese tofight the viet cong. these military men also supplied the vietnamese with wepons. -
JFK assassination
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
November 22, 1963, Dallas, TX
John F. Kennedy, Assassinated -
First combat troops sent to Vietnam
March 8, 1965 - The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam -
Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassinated
April 4, 1968, Memphis, TN
Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassinated -
Vietnam War ends
on March 29, 1973, the United States ended its military involvement in Vietnam. Although the war would continue another two years -
U.S. supports Afghanistan from invasion of the Soviet Union
the soviet war in afganastan lasted nine years.it was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces and insurgant groups called the Mujahideen, -
U.N. declares victory in the Persian Gulf War
the persian gulf war happened when iraq invaded kuwait.the us was only deployed for 67months before the war ended in febuary of1990.when Coalition forces drove iraq military from kuwait. -
U.N. resolution 678
ultimately gives authorization for invasion. -
U.N. begins bombing against Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
he UN Security Council called for Iraq to withdraw and subsequently ... The U.S.-led coalition began a massive air war to destroy Iraq's forces and military
