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Model T invented
The invention of the model T changed a lot in the world, like it brought mass production into play, it was cheap enough that cars became common and horses rare, rather then the other way around. It also provided a minimum wage and an 8 hour work day, it gave jobs to people who normally couldn't find jobs, like immigrants, and it helped established a middle-class by providing constant good paying jobs. -
Zimmermann telegram
The Zimmermann telegram was a secret telegram from the Germans to the Mexicans. It proposed an alliance between them if the U.S. entered the war, the Mexicans would provide military support and in return, the Germans would help them reclaim the land they lost like Texas and New Mexico. The British intercepted it and passed it on to the US, who published it. Though the Mexicans didn't accept, this caused great outrage and was on of the contributors to the entry of the US in ww1. -
WW1 armistice
After four years of fighting, the German army's collapse was imminent, leading the German's to seek armistice. This was the beginning of the end of the war, and came into force November 11th 1918 at 11am. -
The 19th amendment
The 19th amendment essentially allowed women the right to vote. It made it illegal to deny the right to vote for citizens based on their sex. It was passed by congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920. -
Charles Lindbergh's flight
This was the first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris. In his Spirit of St. Louis, he completed his flight in 33 hours and 30 minutes, going about 55 hours without sleep. -
Black Thursday
This marked the beginning of a big stock market crash. A record 12.9 million shares were traded, and stocks dropped 2% in value. The worst of it was next Tuesday when 16 million stocks were traded and their value dropped 12%. -
The new deal
The new deal was a series of programs, projects, reforms, and regulations enacted by president Franklin D. Roosevelt. The intents of this new deal was to restore prosperity to the US. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
After several backroom negotiations, including industrialists, Hindenburg's son, the former chancellor, and Hitler, Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler Germany's new chancellor. -
The Munich pact
An agreement between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France that Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses to Germany. -
Hitler invades Poland
A joint attack between the Soviet Union and Germany that marked the beginning of WW2. -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise bombing by Japan, it was meant to stop the US fleet from interfering with its planned military action in southeast Asia. This caused the US to declare war on Japan, which caused Germany and Italy to declare war on the US, officially bringing the US into WW2. -
D-Day
The largest seaborne invasion in history and said to be the largest invasion force in history, named operation Overlord, and codenamed Neptune, this marked the start of a long and costly campaign to free northwest Europe from the Nazis. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The first two and only uses of atomic bombs in war, the US dropped to atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6 and 9 of August 1945. This showed the military power of the US and forced the surrender of Japan in the war. -
The formation of the United Nations
After the San Francisco conference, the United Nations came into existence, after its charter was ratified by Major world powers like China, the US, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. It's purpose is to maintain international peace and security and achieve international cooperation, among other things. -
The long telegram
Sent by George Kennan to the department of state, he emphasized that the Soviet Union didn't see the possibility of long term peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world. It provided one of the most influential underpinnings for the US's Cold war policy of containment. -
The formation of NATO
NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, 28 being European and the other 2 were North American. -
Russians acquire the atomic bomb
From information passed by Fuchs for 7 years, the Russians were able to build an atomic bomb and first airdropped it in 1951. -
The Korean war
Fought between North and South Korea, it started when North Korea invaded South Korea after clashes at the border and rebellions in South Korea. This was basically a smaller WW2, communist vs. democrat. It was North Korea, the Soviet Union, and later China vs. South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the US. -
Brown v board of education
Brown v board of education was a landmark decision made by the US supreme court which ruled the US state laws of racial segregation are unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam war
The US was afraid that communism was would spread to south Vietnam and in turn, the rest of Asia. It was basically the same as the Korean war with some different people, but still communist vs. democrat. -
Rosa Parks stand
Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a "white" man as was the law, this caused a great stir and eventually lead to blacks getting equal rights. -
Cuban missile crisis
The Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch on the US during the cold war and the confrontation that followed brought both superpowers the closest to an actual war during the cold war. -
JFK's assassination
JFK was assassinated during his campaign in Dallas, Texas. The assassin was Lee Oswald a former marine, who was killed shortly thereafter by Jack Ruby. -
The gulf of tonkin resolution
The gulf of tonkin resolution was a joint resolution that stated that "Congress approves and supports the determination of the president, ..to take all necessary measures to repeal any armed attack against the forces of the US and to prevent any further aggression. -
Apollo 11 moon landing
The first American spaceflight to land humans on the moon, it was a big success in space technology and a very publicized event. -
The watergate break-in
The watergate break-in was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the Nixon re-election committee, when the FBI apprehended the burglars, they found the connection to Nixon, which forced him to resign or be impeached, he chose resignation. -
Nixon's resignation
Nixon resigns because of involvement in the watergate scandal. -
The invention of the internet
While computer networks already existed, there wasn't a standard way for them to communicate. The first to link these networks together was called ARPANET. -
The fall of the Berlin wall
After over 30 years of being secluded by a concrete wall, as the cold war was thawing, the spokesman for East Berlin's communist party announced a change in his cities relation in with the west, and later that day, the wall began to be torn down. -
9/11
9/11 was four coordinated suicided terrorist attacks when terrorists highjacked four planes to crash into important places in the US. One for the Pentagon, two for the twin towers of the world trade center, and one didn't land as passengers learned that the plane was highjacked and caused it to crashed (it's suspected they used a fire extinguisher) in a rural field in Pennsylvania, though it was hypothesized that it was intended for the white house. -
Covid-19
I didn't think I'd be covering part of my life in US history, makes me feel a bit old..
A disease discovered in Wuhan, China, it quickly spread around the world and caused many places to shut down and many people to quarantine.