US History B Timeline

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  • The invention of the Model T

    This was when Henry ford made the "perfect" car. He made a universal affordable car.
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    US History B Timeline

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    A message sent to Mexico from Germany. This suggested an alliance between military's against the U.S.

  • The WWI Armistice

    This was the ceasefire that ended aggression between Germany and the Allies.

  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th amendment which granted women the right to vote was passed.

  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    Charles Lindbergh’s left long island Roosevelt field in single engine plane. This plane would fly to Paris without stopping.

  • Black Thursday

    This was the first day when the stock market crashed.

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Hitler was sworn in as the chancellor of Germany.

  • The New Deal

    This was a series of actions taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  • The Munich Pact

    A settlement was reached between Germany, Britain, France, and Italy.

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    This was a attack from Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic on the Republic of Poland.

  • Pearl Harbor

    This was a naval base for the U.S. It suffered a horrible attack from the Japanese.

  • D-Day

    Soldiers from U.S, UK, France, and Canada all attacked German forces on the coast of northern France.

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    An American bomber had dropped the first ever nuclear bomb over a Japanese city.

  • The formation of United Nations

    The united nations had come into existence.

  • The Long Telegram

    This was an 8,000 word telegram sent from a foreign officer about Stalin's policy.

  • The formation of NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty was made to provide protection against the Soviet Union.

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    The Russians built a replica of the Atomic Bomb from spies who acquired this knowledge.

  • The Korean War

    The Northern Korean army has invaded the Southern Korean people.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    The Supreme court ruled segregation of children in school was wrong.

  • The Vietnam War

    This was a conflict between North and South Vietnam.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white man and move to the back.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    This was a confrontation between the U.S and the Soviet Union.

  • JFK’s Assassination

    President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a car down the street.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    This gave President Johnson power to do anything necessary to promote international peace/security in southeast Asia.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr. became the first people to ever walk on the moon.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

    A group of people associated with President Nixon broke into Democratic headquarters and planted listening devices.

  • Nixon’s Resignation

    After the Watergate break-ins he assumed he would not have the support he would like.

  • The invention of the Internet

    The Internet was invented.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall had fallen.

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    This was a terrorist attack on buildings in New York and the Pentagon.

  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    A outbreak of a virus caused a global health emergency.