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15th Amandment
The 15th Amendment stated that all adults could vote without descrimination. It gave equal opportunity to all men no matter what race or color they were. Women still weren't allowed to vote at this time. -
The completion of the Panama Canal
This connected trade from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It opened endless trade routes.Is one of todays main passages of transportation. -
Assissination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria. He was killed by a serbian student. This started WW1. It was also one of the reasons for the Tready of Versilles. -
U.S. entry into WW1
WW1 started in July of 1914. The US entered WW1 3 years after it began. The war ended not long after US entered. -
Tready of Versailles
The Treaty of Versialles was signed in 1919. This was a peace tready of WW1. It was signed 5 years after the Archduke was assissinated. -
19th Amendment
Thia Amendment was ratified on August 18th, 1920. THe 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. This symbolized women taking a step towards equality. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland in September of 1939. This signifies the beginning of WW1. Russia also attacks poland at the same time. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in 1941. This was a surprise military strike on the US. The attack led the US into WW2 -
U.S. drops first atomic bomb in Japan
A 5 tomn bomb was dropped on hiroshima. It stretched 4 miles around the city. It killed about 80,000 people in the bombing. -
Us drops second atomic bomb in japan
The Us dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki in 1945. The bomb was called Little boy. This bomb killed many. -
First U.S. Military advisors were sent to Vietnom
In September of 1950 President Truman sent a group to Vietnam. They were called the Military Assistance Advisory Group. The MAAG was sent in to help the French with war. -
John F Kennedy assisinated
John F Kennedy was president during the Vietnam war. He was assisinated shortly after he started pulling troops out of the war. Kennedy was killed on November 22nd, 1963, supposably by a man named Lee Harvy Oswald. -
First combat troops sent to Vietnam
COmbat troops were sent to Vietnam in 1965. 3,500 marines landed and were part of the first to enter. They joined 23,000 soldiers already in battle. -
Martin Kuther King Jr. assisinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Civil Rights activist in the 60's. He was a strong leader for most of the African American population. MLK was assisinater on April 4th, 1968 by a man named James Earl Ray. -
US supports Afghanistan from invasion of soviet union
Us supports Afrhanistan when they are attacked by the Soviet Union. This event began a brutal, decade-long attempt by Moscow to stop the Afghan civil war and maintain a friendly and socialist government on its border. Moscow withdrew in the end and ended the war. -
U.N. Resolution 678
Trying to keep the peace, Ir5aq was given one more chance to come to the resolution of 660. Iraq didn't withdrawl from the war., they ignored the UN's proposal. This proplsal was given during the Gulf War. -
UN declaires victory in Persian Gulf War
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990, starting the war. Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm.
