Modern U.S. History By crvandehey Jan 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1921 Russia withdraws from WWI Jun 28, 1914 Assisination Of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Occurred in Sarajevo, they were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip. Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WW1 Wikipedia May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Nov 6, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 Million Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Apr 8, 1918 National war labor board established by Woodrow Wilson May 6, 1918 Espionage and Sedition acts passes by Congress Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War 1 Jun 28, 1919 Singing of the Treaty fo Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Period: Jan 1, 1922 to Jan 1, 1943 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Jan 1, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president Oct 29, 1929 *The stock market crashes "Black Tuesday" Jan 1, 1930 Bank Failures begin Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Dec 31, 1939 Dust Bowl Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam Project Begins Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Northern China Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria Jan 1, 1932 Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in solo flight Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Dec 31, 1944 FDR Elected President Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Mar 31, 1942 Civilian Conservation Corps Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Comes to Power in Germany Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Dec 5, 1933 Passage of prohibition and end of prohibition Jan 1, 1934 Congress Creates the SEC May 6, 1935 Works Progress Administration established Aug 14, 1935 Congress passed the social security act Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Dec 31, 1939 Civil War in Spain Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four gold metals at Olympics in Germany May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcast the WAR of the Worlds Nov 9, 1938 Night of the Falling glass Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 German Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Germany Attacks Poland, Britain and France declare war Jun 10, 1940 German general Rommel surrenders in North Africa Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act Jun 1, 1941 Hitler invades soviet union Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Jan 16, 1942 WWI war production board created by Roosevelt Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jan 1, 1944 Japanese internment camps begin Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1952 Seven year occupation of Japan by United States Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima Apr 19, 1945 Hitler sets up Dachau May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremburg War Trials Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 1, 1953 Korean War Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1975 Vietnam War Feb 27, 1951 22nd Ammendment Jul 25, 1952 Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth Jan 20, 1953 Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president Jan 31, 1958 Explorer I, first American satellite, is launched Jan 3, 1959 Alaska becomes the 49th state Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th State Feb 20, 1962 Lt. Col. John Glenn becomes first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth Aug 28, 1963 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech
