Timeline ch.6-26

By avadefranzo
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    A New Industrial Age

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    Immigrants and Urbanization

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    Life at the Turn of the 20th Century

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    The Progressive Era

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    America Claims an Empire

  • Wright Brothers

    The Wright Brothers suceed in the first airplane flight in 1903.
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    The First World War

  • World War I

    The first World War begins in Europe in 1914

  • Declaring of wars

    Germany declared war on Russia and France; Great Britain declared war on Germany and Austria

  • U.S. enters WWI

    In 1917, the United States enters the first World War.

  • World War I ends

    In 1918, the first World War ends after starting in 1914.

  • 18th Amendment

    The eighteenth amendment was established in 1919 to ban alcoholic drinks
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    Politics of the Roaring Twenties

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    The Roaring Life of the 1920s

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    The Great Depression

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    World War Looms

  • Hitler and the Nazi party

    In 1933 Hitler and the Nazi party rises to power in Germany
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    The New Deal

  • Germany Invades

    Germany invades Poland in 1939
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    The United States in World War II

  • World War II

    The United States enters the 2nd World War in 1941.

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    In 1941, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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    Cold War Conflicts

  • Japan Surrenders

    After an atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders in 1945.
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    The Postwar Boom

  • Korean War

    The Korean War begins
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    Civil Rights

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    The Vietnam War Years

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    The New Frontier and the Great Society

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    An Era of Social Change

  • Invading vietnam

    U.S. troops invade Vietnam

  • Women's Rights

    A national orginization for women is created to help with women rights
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    An Age of Limits

  • MLK assasination

    In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr.was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

  • Man on the Moon

    United States astronaut first steps foot on the moon in 1969

  • President Nixon resigns

    After the Watergate scandal, President Nixon is forced to resign and Vice President, Gerald R. Ford takes his place.
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    The Conservative Tide

  • Reagan and Soviet leader sign treaty

    President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
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    The United States in Today's World

  • 9/11

    The World Trade Center and Pentagon was attacked by terrorists on September 10, 2001 by hijacked jets.

  • Invasion in Iraq

    The United States forces invade Iraq in 2003.

  • U.S signs cease-fire

    In 1973, the United States signs cease-fire with North Vietnam and Vietcong.