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The invention of the Model T
First car that LOTS of people could afford. Ford kept his prices reasonable. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
Germany sent a telegram to Mexico saying, they (the Germans) would give the lands that Mexico had lost to the Americans (New Mexico, Arizona, Texas), back to the Mexicans. IF the Mexicans joined with Germany, and would invade USA from the south. Luckily, the British had intercepted the telegram, decoded it, then sent it immediately to the United States. 4 months later, the US joined the war on the side of the allies. -
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U.S. History B Timeline
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The WWI Armistice
Agreement to stop fighting. -
The 19th Amendment
Guaranteed women the right to vote (aka women's suffrage) -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
He flew in his plane 'The Spirit of St. Louis' -
Black Thursday
Only lasting for 5 days, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the US. Panicked sellers traded nearly 13 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange (more than 3x the normal volume at the time), and investors suffered $5 billion in losses. -
The New Deal
Series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President FDR that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
End of Hitler's "rise." President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
The Munich Pact
British and French prime ministers sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
Hitler Invades Poland
Germany attacks Poland, Britain and France come to its aid 2 days later - initiating WW2. Germany claimed that they were taking defensive action. To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese camacazi pilots bomb the USA navy at Pearl Harbor. US declares war on the Japanese empire the next day. -
D-Day
Allied forces invade northern France via Normandy Beach. Paving the way for the invasion and liberation of western Europe. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
US dropped 2 atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki in Japan, after which the Japanese surrendered, and the war was over. -
The formation of United Nations
The UN is an international organization, that keeps the peace alive within each other. -
The Long Telegram
Kennan (a US diplomat in the USSR) sent an 8,000 word telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state. Kennan’s analysis provided one of the most influential underpinnings for America’s Cold War policy of containment. -
The formation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded because the threat of a spread of communism was looming over from the Soviet Union. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Soviets acquire the Atomic Bomb, and the world is now in terror under the threat of a nuclear war for the first time in history. -
The Korean War
A war between the Soviets (Warsaw Pact) and the United Nations (NATO) in Korea -
Brown v Board of Education
Separate public schools for black and white children is unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam War
November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975 -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Resulting in the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union began building missile sights in Cuba. This is one of the most important confrontations of the Cold War. It may have been the moment when the Cold War came closest to a nuclear war. -
JFK’s Assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, while on tour in Dallas Texas. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
During the Vietnam War, this authorized President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the first manned spaceship to land on the moon. The first humans on it were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." They came in peace for all mankind. -
The Watergate Break-ins
People who were connected to bring about Nixon's re-election broke into the office of the Democratic National Committee (at Watergate in DC), stole some top secret stuff, and Nixon resigned as President. -
Nixon’s Resignation
Because of the Watergate break-ins and the cover-up of it, and the investigation over the next 2 years, Nixon resigned as President of the United States. -
The invention of the Internet
Information right at our fingertips! -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall stood from 1961 to 1989. The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West. -
The 9/11 Attacks
2 planes crash into the World Trade Center. Thousands are dead, and thousands more have scaring memories that will never leave them.