U.S History

By Ashleyg13

  • World war 1

    US enters world war 1, declaring war on germany 1914-1917

  • League of nations

    meets for the first time, US not represented

  • the star spangled banner

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem

  • World war 2

    U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict. 1939-1945

  • united nations

    United Nations is established

  • Korean War

    Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. 1950-1953

  • cuban missile crisis

    President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of
    the island.

  • Vietnam war

    Prolonged conflict between Communist forces of North Vietnam, backed by China and the USSR,and non-Communist forces of South Vietnam, backed by the United States. 1950-1975

  • persian gulf war

    U.S. leads international coalition in military operation (code named Desert Storm‖) to drive Iraqis out of Kuwait.