U.S. History B Timeline

By HeleriS

  • The invention of the Model T

    It was invented by Henry Ford.

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

  • The WWI Armistice

  • The 19th Amendment

    Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920.

  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    The plane was named the Spirit of St. Louis.

  • Black Thursday

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

  • The New Deal

    The act was passed and signed into law the same day Roosevelt sent it to Congress.
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    The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact was signed by Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France.

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    This event triggered World War II.

  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • D-Day

    This brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies.

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

  • The formation of United Nations

    The Senate approved the UN Charter by a vote of 89 to 2.

  • The Long Telegram

  • The formation of NATO

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1 at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan.
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    The Korean War

  • Brown v Board of Education

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    The Vietnam War

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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    The Cuban Missile Crisis

  • JFK’s Assassination

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The mission duration was 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, and 35 seconds.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

    A night guard at a D.C. hotel and office complex was making his rounds when he noticed a suspiciously taped-open exit door. He quickly alerted authorities, setting off a series of events that would forever change the nation.

  • Nixon’s Resignation

  • The invention of the Internet

    January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    The September 11 attacks were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001 at 5:14am PDT.
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    Covid-19 Pandemic

    The federal COVID-19 PHE declaration ended on May 11, 2023.