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Stock Market Crash
Was when 16 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange in a one day. Billions of dollars were lost and it caused America to go into the Great Depression. -
-THE GREAT DEPRESSION-
The Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash of 1929 were 16 million shares were traded this caused the unemployment rate to increase to almost 30%. Although the Great Depression started in the US it spread to all over the world and caused the unemployment rate to increase all around the world. -
Roosevelt 1st Election
Herbert Hoover was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, this was the first election during the Great Depression. The election showed the difference in political view that the country has. -
*The Holocaust*
This event was the mass murder of over 6 million European Jews men, women and children. This event was when millions of jews were sent to concentration camps. This was important because it was a major event in our history and was terrible event. -
CCC
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program that went on between 1933 until 1942 in the us. It allowed people ages of 18-25 to join and participate in the CCC. They were provided food, shelter, and clothes and were paid $30 per month. -
Social Security Act
This was a safety net for the elderly people that are workers or were involved in a industrial accident. The goal of it was to pay financial benefits to retirees over age 65 based on how much they made while they worked. -
FDR Court Packing Scandal
FDR announces that he wants to expand the Supreme Court up to 15 people "to make it more efficient". People then charged him with trying to "pack" the courts. -
HUAC Formed
The House Un-American Activities Committee was part of the House of Representatives. The group called in people in high-profile hearing before Congress. -
Germany Breaks Munich Pact
Germany sign the Munich pact but later broke the pact when the German Army seized the rest of Czechoslovakia. The British Prime Minister then realized that Hitler could not be trusted. -
-MANHATTAN PROJECT-
This was a code name for the production of the first ever nuclear bomb during World War 2. Most of the work was done in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The project was started out of fear that German scientists were developing a nuclear weapon. -
*Germany invades Poland*
This was the start of World War ll where Germany sent over 1.5 million troops to invade Poland. Germany claimed that it was a defensive movement, but France and Britain didn't believe him. This was important because it started ww2 and caused many lives to be lost. -
Battle of Britain
This was a air battle that took place over the united kingdom and was a major turning point in the war. Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain a advantage in the sky over the Royal Air Force. -
*Stalingrad*
Stalingrad was when 4 million troops were sent over the Russian border with in one month more than 2.5 million troops were killed. Later the German troops got caught in winter in there summer gear and struggled to continue. This was important because so many troops were sent into Russia and so many were killed. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was a naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii and was the sight of a sneak attack by the Japanese forces. Japanese fighter planes came down on the base and they managed to take out 20 us naval ships. -
*US joins WW2*
The US was very hesitant of joining the war because they didn't want to get involved. But the US was forced to join World War ll after Japans sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. This was important because Pearl Harbor forced the US into WW2. -
*Battle of Guadalcanal*
This battle was on elf the first major victory for the allied forces in the Pacific. The US marines launched a surprise attack on the base and later took control. This was important because it was one of the first major victories for the allies. -
*Italy Surrenders*
Italy surrender was publicly announced by president Eisenhower, but was sign five days before in secret by a representative of Italys Prime Minister. This was important because it took out a big military power out of the war. -
Operation Overlord/D-Day
D-day began when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches of the heavily defended coast of France’s Normandy region. This was one of the largest water attacks in history and was a major victory for the Allies. -
*Battle of the Bulge*
Hitler tried to do a sneak attack on the allied forces and go through the allies forces in Ardennes to Antwerp. The German forces pushed the allied forces back, the appearance of the line looked like a big bulge. This was important because it German forces were so successful and were able to push back the Allied forces troops. -
*Liberation of Auschwitz*
Auschwitz was liberated but most people at the concentration camp were already on their death bed or were very ill. Over 1.3 million people were sent to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945. This was important because it free all the people that were in the camp. -
FDR Dies/Truman President
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies after four succesful terms in office. FDR died because of Intracerebral hemorrhage, he lived for 63 years. He leaves Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country and in charge of fight WW2. -
*Hitler Commits suicide*
The German leader, Adolf Hitler commits suicide in a bomb proof bunker. Adolf Hitler killed himself by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. This was important because it was a reason for Germany surrendering. -
Nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima/Nagasaki
American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb exploded 90% of the city and killed over 80,000 people. -
*WW2 Ends*
World War 2 ended with a unconditional surrender from the Axis powers. The allies accepted germanys surrender after Hitler killed himself. This was important because it brought WW2 to an end. -
United Nations created
Representatives of 26 countries signed a do, called the United Nations. The representatives that signed the document vowed to create an international peacekeeping organization. -
Truman Doctrine
This was a foreign policy which purpose was to appose Soviet Unions geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. The doctrine stated that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance for anyone in threat of any forces. -
-NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947-
This Act was a major redevelopment of the US government's military and intelligence agencies. This Act was responsible for the creation of the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was supposed to be a short term measure for Berlin but it turned into a long term Airlift. American, British and French Airplanes brought over 2.3 million tons of cargo into Berlin. -
Korean War (beginning and end)
Communist North Korea storms in to South Korea forcing both countries into war. The United States soon joined in acting under the United Nations and fought a bloody and frustrating 3 year war. -
Rosenberg Trials
This was was a trial on Ethel and Julius Rosenberg for being accuses of selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. The trial began in the south side of New York by a federal court. -
Brown v Board
Brown v Board of Education was a Supreme Court case that ruled public schools separating blacks and whites students was unconstitutional. The ruling was a huge jump forward for the civil rights movement. -
-MURDER OF EMMETT TILL-
Emmet Till was a 14 year old African American boy visiting Mississippi from Chicago. He was murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. The Men who killed him were found not guilty and were not charged. -
Vietnam war (start to end)
The Vietnam war was a long damaging war, there were over 3 million deaths in total. The war ended because the communist forces took control of south Vietnam. -
-ROSA PARKS ARRESTED-
Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat in the front of the bus when a white passenger asked her to move to the back. This event helped spark the civil rights movement. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union successfully launched sputnik into orbit, it was the first satellite in space. Sputnik orbited earth once every 98 minutes and it marked the start of the space age. -
Greensboro lunch Sit-ins
A group of young African American students sat at Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service. The sit in movement then spread to many college towns around the us. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders were a groups of white and African American civil rights activists who took busses around. They were protesting segregation at restrooms and lunch counters. -
Berlin Wall
the Communist government of the German began to build a wall between East and West Berlin. Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” out of East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a 13 day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union sent nuclear missiles to Cuba and many people were scared because the us and Soviet Union were on the brink of nuclear war. -
March on Washington
This was a large protest march, over 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.The march was to bring attention to the continuing challenges faced by African Americans. -
Assassination of JFK
President kennedywas riding in a convertible waving at a crowd in downtown Dallas when he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. President Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 min later at a hospital in Dallas. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized President Lyndon Johnson to take all necessary actions to combat any armed attack against the United States and to prevent further violence by the communist government of North Vietnam. It was passed by U.S. Congress after an alleged attack on two U.S. naval destroyers. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. Many Americans viewed his killing as simply the result of an ongoing fight between him and the Nation of Islam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder was codename for a bombing operation during the Vietnam war. It was a three year bombing campaign aimed at putting pressure on the north Vietnamese. The campaign was sign by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Vietnam day
Vietnam day is when President Hồ Chí Minh read the Declarations of independence of Vietnam making Vietnam independent. It was at Ba Đình Square in Hanoi and is Vietnams national day. -
Tet-offensive
The Tet-offensive was a group of attacks by North Vietnam on over 100 cities South Vietnam. The South Vietnam and U.S. soldiers managed to hold off the north Vietnam. But the North were still able to achieve a victory which was one of the causes for the U.S. withdraw. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in his motel room by James Earl Ray who was later found and arrested in London at Heathrow Airport. James pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. -
-MOON LANDING-
Apollo 11 was the first successful manned moon landing and was where Neil Armstrong said his famous quote "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." -
Woodstock
This was a music festival that sold over 186,000 tickets. Thousands of early arrivals were pushing against the entrance gates which caused many people think they would not get in to the festival. This caused the festival to open the gates for everyone and make it free of charge, over 500,000 people attended. -
Kent State
The Kent state shooting was a shooting that killed four and injured 9 students from Kent state university. The Ohio National Guard shot at a group that were protesting the Vietnam War.
