Time Lines 1877-Present

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    The first significant U.S. immigration law restricting a specific ethnic group. This prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and denied Chinese immigrants the right to citizenship
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act
    Divided Native American lands into individual allotments, aiming to assimilate Indigenous people but resulting in loss of tribal land.
  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War
    The U.S. defeated Spain, acquiring territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
  • Wright Brothers First Flight

    Wright Brothers First Flight
    On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, made history with the first successful, controlled, and sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air machine, the Wright Flyer.
  • Titanic Sinks

    Titanic Sinks
    The luxury ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew.
  • World War 1

    World War 1
    World War I, also known as the Great War, was a global war that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers . The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 was the immediate cause of the war
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    The start of the Great Depression, leading to global economic turmoil.
  • The Holocaust

    The Holocaust
    The Holocaust was the captivity and murder of around six million Jewish people all conducted by a group called the Nazi’s and was ran by Adolf Hitler. Jewish people were sent to concentration camps and many were murdered.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    On the morning of August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
  • Beginning of the Cold War

    Beginning of the Cold War
    The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    A Supreme Court ruling that ended racial segregation in public schools.
  • Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
  • Civil Rights Act Passed

    Civil Rights Act Passed
    A landmark U.S. law that outlawed segregation and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • Apollo 11- Moon Landing

    Apollo 11- Moon Landing
    The first moon landing, achieved by the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969, saw Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the lunar surface, a feat famously described by Armstrong as "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
  • Fall of Berlin Wall

    Fall of Berlin Wall
    The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification. Marked the beginning of the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes, flying two into the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth crashing in Pennsylvania after passengers intervened.
  • U.S. Invasion of Iraq

    U.S. Invasion of Iraq
    The U.S. led a military invasion to overthrow Saddam Hussein, sparking long-term conflict.
  • Covid 19 Pandemic

    Covid 19 Pandemic
    The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus.
  • Russia Invades Ukraine

    Russia Invades Ukraine
    A major European conflict following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, leading to international sanctions and global tensions.