US History B Timeline

By JCParberry

  • Modle T

    Ford creates the Modle T, he first-ever affordable car.

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Germany sends a coded message to Mexico urging them to start a war with America to delay them from entering the war. However, the British intercepted the message and showed it to the Americans, and then followed with a declaration of war against Germany.

  • WW1 Armistice

    Germany officially ends its fighting, and the allies can begin to negotiate terms for the Treat of Versailles.

  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly across the Atlantic.

  • 19th Amendment

    Women are officially allowed to vote no matter what.

  • Black Thursday

    Wall Street crashes at minus 11 percent.

  • The New Deal

    Roosevelt vows to work projects and financial reforms.

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Germany elects Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Very quickly changes are made in Germany.

  • Attack of Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor with the intent of destroying the American carrier fleet but fails as by sheer luck, the carries were not docked at Pearl Harbor that day. It was also the greatest failure of military intelligence in US History.

  • D-Day

    American, British and Canadian troops land in Normandy after Germany was successfully deceived into thinking the invasion would come from elsewhere in France. Allies forces take the beaches securing a foothold in Europe, and the marking the beginning of the end for Germany.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Truman drops two atomic bombs on mainland Japan, killing over 200,000 people. This marked the final blow for Japan who surrendered just days later (Mainly only because the Soviets were invading from China at the same time)

  • Long Telegram

    George Kennan expresses his thoughts about the Soviets, their views of the world, and the United States.

  • NATO is Formed

    NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Alliance) is created to combat Soviet aggression. An attack on one, is considered an attack on all.

  • Russians Create an Atomic Bomb

    The Soviets manage to create an atomic bomb, just as the US did, which managed to win the war against Japan. This marks the beginning of an ongoing threat of complete human annihilation

  • Korea War

    In Truman's effort to stop the spread of communism, he aids South Korea in their effort to fight off the attacking North Koreans. The war was falling heavily in favor of the US until China sent 250,000 troops just as North Korea was about to capitulate. The border was pushed back to just where it was when the war began.

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    The Supreme Court finds segregation in schools as unconstitutional, a huge turning point in US History.

  • Vietnam War

    The United States enters war against North Vietnam in an attempt to stop the spread of communism.

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat

    Rosa Parks is considered to have started the civil rights movement for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    The Soviet Union places missiles in Cuba, just about 50 miles off the coast of Florida. The Soviets placed their missiles there in response to American missiles in Turkey. This was the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war.

  • John F. Kennedy is Assassinated

    The man who is considered one of the greatest presidents in US history is killed. His killing has created many conspiracy theories surrounding a second shooter, or a government cover-up.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Johnson was allowed by Congress to use the military to prevent the spread of communism. This was clearly used in the Vietnam war

  • Moon Landing

    In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, marking the first time a human had ever put a foot on a celestial object.

  • Watergate Break-Ins

    Nixon covered up the break-in of the DNC which hs administration played a role in.

  • Nixon's Resignation

    Nixon resigned from office knowing he would certainly be removed from office for his crimes.

  • Invention of the Internet

    The invention of the internet changed the world and is probably the most impactful invention in human history. There has never been so much knowledge obtained to easily, and for no cost.

  • Fall of The Berlin Wall

    After the Soviet Union collapsed, the Berlin wall fell, and the Cold War ended.

  • 9/11

    The attacks on the world trade center is the event that sparked the longest war in American history, which is still being fought to this day. The effects of the attack still echo today with our increasing involvement in the middle east.