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  • Invention of the Model T

    The model T was a vehicle with many advancements for it's time. It was first tested by Henry Ford, it was then shipped to its first customer on October 1, 1908

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    The Zimmerman telegram was a message from Arthur Zimmerman, the German foreign secretary, intended for Heinrich von Eckardt in mexico. The message was intercepted and decoded by the British. The message it contained was then sent to the US, giving the United States just the push they needed to join the war.

  • The WW1 Armistice

    The armistice was the surrendering of the Germans. It marked the beginning of the end for the war.

  • 19th Amendment

    The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. The amendment was first introduced to congress in 1878, but was only ratified in 1920.

  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    Charles Lindbergh began and completed the first solo transatlantic flight with no pit stops for fuel.

  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday marked the first day of the stock market crash of 1929, It also kickstarted the great depression.

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    President Paul von Hindenburg names Hitler the fuhrer of the Nazi party as the chancellor of Germany.

  • The New Deal

    A program that brought immediate relief to the economy. It was put in effect by Franklin Roosevelt. The New Deal supported the concept of government-supported economy.

  • The Munich Pact

    British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The pact gave Czechoslovakia away in return for no war.

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler begins World War 2 by bombarding Poland with German forces.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japanese forces attack pearl harbor near Honolulu, Hawai. Pearl Harbor was a U.S. Naval base.

  • D-Day

    D-day kicked of the Battle of Normandy, it began when American, British, and Canadian forces landed on France's Normandy coast.

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, three days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

  • The formation of United Nations

    representatives from 50 different counties met in san francisco to sign the United Nations Charter

  • The Long Telegram

  • The formation of NATO

    The prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    also known as the Soviet atomic bomb project, a research and development program to develop nuclear bombs during world war 2

  • The Korean War

    It began when north Korea invaded south Korea, American forces then joined south Korea in the fight.

  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War was a long, divisive conflict that set North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat up for a white man, she then gets arrested.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    a 13-day long political and military standoff between U.S. leaders and Soviet leaders.

  • JFK’s Assassination

    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    the first manned mission to the moon.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

    several burglars were caught in the office of the Democratic National Committee, the burglars were found to be connected to President Nixon.

  • Nixon’s Resignation

    Nixon tried very hard to cover up the watergate crimes, but two washington reporters revealed his role in the conspiracy.

  • The invention of the Internet

    computers are able to communicate to each other.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    a wall of concrete and barbed wire kept East and West Germany from mixing, but in november 1989 citizens were given the right to cross freely across the wall.

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    terrorists crash two planes into the twin towers, killing nearly 3,000 people, a third plane also crashed into the pentagon, and a fourth in a field in shanksville, Pennsylvania.

  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    a world wide pandemic involving the covid-19 virus