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Timeline of 1900-2000

By avillalva

  • Assassination of President William McKinley

    Assassination of President William McKinley
    Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States.

  • Founding of the NAACP

    Founding of the NAACP
    : The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded in New York City to fight for civil rights for African Americans.
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    World War I

    The first global war involves major world powers and results in millions of casualties.

  • Prohibition Begins

    Prohibition Begins
    The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

  • Women's Suffrage

    Women's Suffrage
    The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote.

  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    The Wall Street Crash of 1929 marks the beginning of the Great Depression, the most severe economic downturn in the history of the United States and the world.
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    World War II

    A global war that involved most of the world's nations and resulted in millions of casualties, including the Holocaust.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, leads to the United States' entry into World War II.

  • Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The United States drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    The Supreme Court decision declares racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    Civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., lead a massive march on Washington, D.C., advocating for civil and economic rights for African Americans.

  • Roe v. Wade

    Roe v. Wade
    The Supreme Court decision legalizes abortion in the United States.

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
    The Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin, falls, marking the symbolic end of the Cold War.

  • Gulf War

    Gulf War
    A coalition of nations led by the United States launches a military operation to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

  • Oklahoma City Bombing:

    Oklahoma City Bombing:
    A domestic terrorist bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City kills 168 people.