Online Timeline

Period: Jul 17, 1914 to Jul 17, 1918

WWI

Start of intense chemical warfare.
Jul 17, 1921

NCSS is Founded

Set standards for nation-wide learning of social studies.
Period: Jul 17, 1929 to Jul 17, 1932

Great Depression

Many people struggled for basic needs in America.
Period: Jul 17, 1939 to Jul 17, 1945

WWII

America joined two years into the war.
Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor

Abour Pearl Harbor AttackJapan attacked Hawaii's Pearl Harbor.
Period: Jul 17, 1950 to Jul 17, 1953

Korean War

My grandpa fought in it.
Period: Jul 17, 1955 to Jul 17, 1969

Civil rights

Still a struggle in some areas.
Jul 17, 1957

First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

Great Russian feat.
Period: Jul 17, 1960 to Jul 17, 1973

Vietnam

Thought of as a conflict not a war.
Jul 17, 1961

First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

Part of the space race
Jul 17, 1969

First man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

Often mistanly refered to as Lance Armstrong.
Jul 17, 1974

Watergate

Scandal involving our president
Period: Jul 17, 2000 to Jul 16, 2013

N.C.L.B. mandate in schools

Huge impact on the schools
Sep 11, 2001

World Trade Center Attacks

Made it so my family had to move back to the mainland.

WWI