The Moderns

By tanneryarbrough

  • Panama Canal opens

    Panama Canal opens
    A canal about 50 miles (80 km) long, across the Isthmus of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

  • United states enters world war 1

    United states enters world war 1
    The US declared war on July 28, 1914
    However, it took time to mobilize soldiers for the army, and US forces were not fully engaged in France until the Spring offensive of 1918. This allowed the US forces to be engaged to the greatest effect along many of the lines of battle. After Germany lost most of its territorial gains from the early part of the war, they were forced to end the war in 1919.

  • Treaty of Versailles ends world war 1

    Treaty of Versailles ends world war 1
    the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I

  • Harlem renaissance begins

    Harlem renaissance begins
    The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s.

  • spanish civil war breaks out

    spanish civil war breaks out
    The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939.