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The Invention of the model T
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US History Timeline Second semester
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The Zimmerman Telegram
A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico. Germany wanted Mexico to agree to declare war on America if America entered the war. Americans found out about the telegram though and ended up going to war because of it. -
The WWI Armistice
The signing of the Armistice marked the end of WWI and the end of fighting on the western front. -
The 19th Amendment
When the 19th amendment was passed women were finally given the right to vote. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris. It was his first solo flight and his first airplane. -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday was the worst stock market crash in the history of the United States. It caused a Great depression that lasted 10 years -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
In 1933 Hitler was appointed as the leader of his country. Germany would undergo a huge change under his leadership, and ultimately his decisions would affect the whole world. -
The New Deal
The New deal was a serious of projects proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt that were meant to help provide jobs and relief to those in need. -
The Munich Pact
The Munich pact was an agreement made with Germany in-order to prevent conflict that allowed Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler Invades Poland
In 1939 Hitler invades and bombs Poland, this marks the start of WWII. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japaneses Air force on the morning of December 7th, 1941. In response to this act of hostility America declares war and is plunged into WWII. -
D-Day
Over 160,000 ailed troupes came together on the beaches of Normandy France to fight Nazi Germany. It cost the lives of thousands of men, but they finally had the foothold they needed to combat Germany -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The U.S dropped Nuclear weapons on the Japanese Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
The formation of United Nations
During WWII representatives of many different nations came together to discuss the formation of the United Nations. Wishing to prevent another world war from ever happening again they formed the United Nations as a way to keep the peace. -
The Long Telegram
George Kennan sent a long telegram to the department of state telling them of his view of the Soviet Union -
The formation of NATO
The NATO is a military alliance between states in which they agreed to come to each others aid should an enemy attack them. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
After the discovery of nuclear fission, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the Soviet Union was determined to create an atomic bomb of its own. They eventually created their own successful atomic bomb, and called it First Lightning. -
The Korean War
The Korean nation had been split into two during WWII and had two different governments. When both governments started claiming that they had authority over all of Korea a war was started, in which the United states and other countries became a part of. -
Brown v Board of Education
The United States government declared it unconstitutional for there to be separate public schools for white and black children. This decision was met with a lot of resistance and racial discrimination toward blacks continued. -
The Vietnam War
Northern Vietnam wanted the country to come together as a Communist nation, but Southern Vietnam did not agree. In response to Southern Vietnam's decision Northern Vietnam declared war on Southern Vietnam. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks was a black American citizen who was told to give up her seat in the colored section of the bus for a white person. When she refused she was unjustly arrested. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States was in fear of the Soviet Union firing their missiles on the United States from Cuba and starting a Nuclear war. In the end the war was adverted by negotiation, and a disaster was stopped. -
JFK’s Assassination
While traveling through Dallas Texas on the 22 of November 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It was a resolution the gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to use the military to help Southeast Asia without declaring war. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The landing of the Apollo 11 was the first time any human had ever gone to the moon. -
The Watergate Break-ins
Nixon was accused of being part of scandal involving the bugging of the Watergate hotel. When the FBI found evidence that suggested Nixon might be involved they tried to get solid proof. Nixon denied being involved, and when congress choose to impeach him he resigned before they could do so. -
Nixon’s Resignation
Nixon was suspected to be part of the Watergate hotel scandal, and was nearly impeached. Instead he choose to resign, and is still the only president to have done so. -
The invention of the Internet
The internet was a collective invention made by multiple scientists, programmers, and engineers over a span of more than 20 years. It was a long time in the making, and it was not till 1983 before they created what we know as the internet today. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
As the cold war came to an end, east and west Germany finally made it so that people were allowed to travel freely between the east and west boarders. Soon after people came picked away at the Berlin wall will hammers and pickaxes, and east and west Germany became reunited. -
The 9/11 Attacks
The attacks on September 11th were a series of terrorists attacks by a group of terrorists known as the Al-Qaeda. They hijacked four passenger planes and killed almost 3,000 people. They crashed the planes into the world trade center and the Pentagon.
