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Timeline for U.S. History B

  • Invention of the Model T

    Invention of the Model T
    Henry Ford invented the first of fifteen million Model T cars produced in Detroit, Michigan. It made automobile transportation affordable and accessible.
  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    The Zimmerman Telegram
    A secret communication between Germany and Mexico, proposing an alliance in January 1917.
  • The WW1 Armistice

    The WW1 Armistice
    The armistice ended fighting in the air and on land and sea between Germany and the Allies.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    The nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote, which ended womens suffrage protests that had lasted almost a century.
  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    Charles Lindbergh's Flight
    The first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean was completed by Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis.
  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday
    13 Million share on the NY Stock Exchange and investors lost 5 Billion dollars making for a very frightful day that lead to the Great Depression.
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    Programs and projects enacted by prsident Franklin Delano Roosevelt with the goal of restoring prosperity to Americans after the Great Depression
  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Hitler Becomes Chancellor
    Hitler became the new chancellor of Germany after parliamentary electrions.
  • The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact
    British and French Prime Ministers signed with Germany that they would not support Czechloslovakia.
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland
    The German invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, marks the beginning of WW2 since France and England had guaranteed Poland's border.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    A navy port was bombed by Japanese fighter jets, killing thousands and damaging U.S. ships.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied invasion of Normandy, France which had been taken over by the Germans. The largest seaborn invasion in history ended in a great allied victory.
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The United States dropped the first nuclear bombs on two cities in Japan, which ended WW2 in asia but was definitely a pyrrhic victory.
  • Formation of United Nations

    Formation of United Nations
    The United Nations was organize by world leaders at a meeting in San Francisco as "an intergovernmental organization that was tasked to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international co-operation and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations."
  • Long Telegram

    Long Telegram
    An American Embassy in Moscow sent a letter back to the U.S. detailing the works of communism and his hatred for it.
  • Formation of NATO

    Formation of NATO
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 countries in North America and Europe
  • Russians Acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Russians Acquire the Atomic Bomb
    Klaus Fauch passed secrets on to the Soviet Union, and they worked for nine years on developing their own atomic bomb
  • The Korean War

    The Korean War
    Civil war between North and South Korea lasted from 1950 to 1953.
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education
    Overruling the precedents, this case made segregational schooling unconstitutional. The case lasted from Dec 1952 to May 1954.
  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat

    Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
    The arrest of Rosa Parks, who refused to move from the "white section" of a bus, sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and inspired others to fight for civil rights.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in political pressure over communism in Cuba.
  • JFK's Assassination

    JFK's Assassination
    John F Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a procession through Texas.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    Resolved a naval confrontation with Vietnam.
  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War
    Fighting in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 55 - 75 makes it the longest U.S. combat participation.
  • Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    Apollo 11 Moon Landing
    USA won the Space Race by landing on the moon. Neil Armstrong's famous words are. "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal
    Nixon's administration had tapped into the Democratic party's building. He resigned before impeachment.
  • The Invention of Internet

    The Invention of Internet
    World Wide Web!
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall
    A guarded concrete border in Germany was torn down, reuniting families.
  • 9/11 Attacks

    9/11 Attacks
    A terrorist attack tragically aimed at the World Trade Center buildings.