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The invention of the Model T
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The invention of the Model T
Model T, automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927. Conceived by Henry Ford as practical, affordable transportation for the common man. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
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The Zimmerman Telegram
The telegram further conveyed Germany's intentions should America enter the war. That included urging Mexico to join Germany in declaring war against the United States. In exchange, Germany committed to assist Mexico in regaining its lost territories of Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States. -
The WWI Armistice
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The WWI Armistice
Armistice on the Western Front, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front went silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the allies was the first step to ending World War 1. -
The 19th Amendment
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The 19th Amendment
Ratified and grants women the right to vote. It declares "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by an State on account of sex." -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
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Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
He left Long Island's Roosevelt in a single-engine plane built by Ryan Airlines. The plane, named the Spirit of St. Louis, would not touch ground again until it reached Paris, France. -
Black Thursday
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Black Thursday
A major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It began in September, when share prices on the New York Exchange collapsed, and ended in mid November. -
The New Deal
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Hilter becomes chancellor
Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hilter as chancellor after the parliamentary elections of July and November 1932 had not resulted in the formation of a majority government. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
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The New Deal
New Deal programs helped improve the lives of people suffering from the events of the depression. In the long run, New Deal programs set a precedent for the federal government to play a key role in the economic and social affairs of the nation. -
Hitler Invades Poland
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The Munich Pact
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The Munich Pact
An agreement concluded at Munich by Nazi Germany, Great Britain, the French Republic, and Fascist Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexationof part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudentenland, where more than three million people, mainly ethnic Germans, lived. -
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Hitler Invades Poland
German forces launched a surprise attack on Poland. Army Group North attacked from Pomerania and East Prussia, while Army Group South deep into southern Poland from Silesia and Slovakia. -
Pearl Harbor
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. -
D-Day
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D-Day
Brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military today. -
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The formation of United Nations
Roosevelt also sought to convince the public that an international organization was the best means to prevent future wars. The senate approved the UN Charter, by a vote of 89 to 2. -
The Korean War
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The boming killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were cizilians , and remain the onlu use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. -
The formation of United Nations
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The Long Telegram
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The Long Telegram
One man who had first hand knowledge was a Foreign Service officer, George F. Kennan. While he was Charge d'Affaires in Moscow, Kennan sent 8,000 word telegram to the Department. -
The formation of NATO
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The formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
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Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Atomic Bomb and the Cold War exploded its own atomic bomb. The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1, or "First Lightning" at Semipalatinsk. -
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The Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea. After 5 years of simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula, the Korean War began when the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel, the line dividing communist North Korea from the non-communist Republic. -
Brown v Board of Education
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Brown v Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam War
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The Vietnam War
A conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was a major conflict of the Cold War. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her courageous act of protest was considered the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
A direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closet to nuclear conflict. -
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JFK’s Assassination
The 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. -
JFK’s Assassination
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing 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 Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle. -
The Watergate Break-ins
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The Watergate Break-ins
A night guard at a D.C. hotel and office complex was making his rounds when he noticed a suspiciously taped-open exit door. He quickly alerted authorities, setting off a series of events that would forever change the nation. -
Nixon’s Resignation
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Nixon’s Resignation
President Richard Nixon made an address to the American public from the Oval Office to announce his resignation from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal. President Nixon prepares to deliver the speech announcing his resignation. -
The invention of the Internet
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The invention of the Internet
The history of the internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall was the first step towards German reunification. Political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany. -
The 9/11 Attacks
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The 9/11 Attacks
Four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States. (Rest in peace to those poor souls) -
Covid-19 Pandemic
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Covid-19 Pandemic
A worldwide sickness that spread throughout months. Was thought to originally transmitted to humans by animals rather than a laboratory leak, however, more research was needed to be put into it before coming up with that analogy.