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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was assasinated -
Kaiser William II
Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia -
Germany vs. Belgium
Germany invaded Belgium, they had the strategy known as the Schlieffen Plan. -
Zeppelin raid
The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place -
Blockade
The British put up a blockade, which meant that it blocked the german coast to prevent weapons and other military supplies from getting through. -
Germany Respone
Germany got back at Britian with a U-Boat (Unaterseeboot- German submarine.) -
Disaster
The U-Boat sank on the liner of Lustania off the southern coast of Ireland -
Allies
The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli -
Peace
wilson called for "a peace without victory....a peace between equals" wilson wanted nations to join in a "leauge for peace". -
German Provocation
Germany ignored wilsons request for peace and continued war -
Zimmerman Note
Zimmerman note a telegraph from the german foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico -
Jeannette Rankin
First women elected to congress, only member of the house to vote against the United States entering WW1. -
Election
Wilson Vs. Hughes. Hughes went to bed president but in the morning was informed that Wilson was relected -
armistice
Armistice between Germany and Russia signed -
Britain
Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks -
Flappers
a flappper was a emancipated young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day -
Lindbergh
First to fly acrossed the Atlantic Ocean -
18th amendment
women were given the right to vote -
Quota system
established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country. -
railroad
The Dakar Railroad was completed -
The KKK
The Klu klux klan was devoted to 100 percent americanism began to cause trouble again with other groups unlike them selves. -
harlem renaissance
a liteerary and artistic movement celebrating african american cultiure -
grand ole opry
The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast. -
Babe ruth
legendary star that hit 60 homeruns -
bootlegging
bootlegging began where people would smuggle liquor -
film
The advent of talking pictures emerges. Al Jolson in the Jazz Singer debuts in New York City. -
Awards
The first Academy Awards are Presented -
Banks
More than 40% of the nations banks failed -
JAne Adams
Jane Addams shares the Nobel Peace prize -
Jobless
8.02 million americans became unemployed. -
Bonus Army
The Bonus Army arrives in Washington, D.C. -
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated. -
21st
The twenty-first amendment ends Prohibition. -
CPE
"Century of Progress Expostion" begins. -
ira
The Indian Reorganization Act was passed. -
SEC
Congress creates the SEC to regulate the stock market. -
Social secruity
Congress passed the Social Secruity Act. -
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt was reelected. -
Strikes
Labor unions using sit down strikes -
Route 66
Route 66 is completed, linking Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. -
OZ
The Wizard of Oz is released in the movie theaters -
japanese
10,000 Japanese troops launched a counter-attack in eastern Shanxi Province in China in an attempt to relieve the nearly-surrounded Japanese 36th Division. -
trade
USSR agrees to supply grain and raw materials to Germany in a new trade treaty. -
British tank
The British 7th Tank Regiment, along with the 4th Indian Division, attack Italian positions at Tummar West and Nibeiwa -
hitler
Adolf Hitler directs his generals in planning the invasion of Denmark and Norway. -
Dynamo
Last day of Operation Dynamo. 224,686 British and 121,445 French and Belgian troops have been evacuated.
Germans bomb Paris. -
Invasion
Germany invades Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands -
bombed
Berlin and Hamburg are bombed heavily -
bomb paris
Last day of Operation Dynamo. 224,686 British and 121,445 French and Belgian troops have been evacuated.
Germans bomb Paris -
captured
German ships begin operating out of captured bases along the French coast -
Jews
Germany's Jews are ordered to wear yellow stars for identification. -
convoys
Massive convoys breed equal massive measures - German U-boats begin operating in 20-strong "Wolf Packs" with coordinated attacks. -
roosevelt
President Roosevelt wins a third term. The British see the event as promising of more help from the US. -
Attack
The British naval force moving against Taranto comes under attack from Italian aircraft near Malta. -
L5F
Swordfish L5F scored a direct hit via bomb on the Trento. -
prisioners
The Italian Catanzaro Division is captured, delivering another 30,000 Italian prisoners of war. -
McCarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism begins -
MacAuthur
General Douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman for comments about using nuclear weapons on China -
amendment
22nd Amendment, establishing term limits for President -
Dwight
Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated as President -
warsaw
Warsaw Pact, which establishes a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe (including the USSR) -
War
The U.S. refuses to provide military support the Hungarian Revolution -
highway act
President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period -
U2
American "U2" spy plane shot down over the USSR. -
speech
John F Kennedy moves into the White House. He gives his famous speech - "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." -
MLK Jr.
Martin luther king gave his "I had a dream" speech -
apollo 11
Apollo 11 landed on the moon, astronauts aboard. Neil Armstrong's famous speech for the historical steps "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
