US History B Timeline

By Alissa Morrell

  • The Invention of the Model T

    Considered to be the first affordable automobile.

  • The Zimmermann Telegram

    The telegram proposed a military alliance between the German Empire and Mexico if the United States entered World War I.

  • The WWl Armistice

    Consider to be the first step towards ending WWl

  • The 19th Amendment

    Passed in Congress on 6/4/1919, and ratified on 8/17/1920, allowing women rights.

  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    The first person to fly alone across the Atlantic.

  • Black Thursday

    The first stock market crash, leading to a worldwide great depression.

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Old Chancellor, Franz Von Papen, appointed hitler as new Chancellor.

  • The New Deal

    Rosevelt made and sent to Congress the Emergency Banking Act.

  • The Munich Pact

    September 29-30, 1938, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France, sign the agreement stating Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany.

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    This event triggered World War ll.

  • Pearl Harbor

    A surprise attack from Japan on the United States, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

  • D-Day

    Known as the largest seaborne invasion, in World War ll, on Normandy, France, by allied forces United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other forces.

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, from the United States.

  • The formation of United Nations

    In San Fransisco, California, 29 nations ratified the charter, for eace, security, and harmonization.

  • The Long Telegram

    The Long Telegram with 8,000 words, was sent by George Kennan, to president Trumans State Department.

  • The Formation of NATO

    In Washington DC the NATO was created by many Western European nations for security against the soviet.

  • Russians Acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Test fired in Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan.

  • The Korean War

    Fought Between North Korea, and South Korea. It last from June, 25th, 1950, to July, 27th, 1953.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education was a disagreement in court that stated public schools where in violation of the 14th amendment, due to the segregation. This passed in the court, agreeing that it was unconstitutional.

  • The Vietnam War

    A conflict in Vietnam, with the United States, in the Cold War, and lasted from November, 1st, 1955, to April, 30th, 1975.

  • Rosa Parks Refused to Give Up Her Seat

    Rosa Parks was a black women who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. This started a spark into the Civil Rights Movements.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    A conflict between the United States, and the Soviet union, that led to an absolute crisis, from October, 16th, 1962, to October, 29th, 1962.

  • JFK’s Assassination

    John F Kennedy was the 35th president of America, but he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    This allowed us to increase our involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    One of the biggest achievement in technology and history for space, is the Apollo 11, marking us as the first human on the moon, and technological advancements with space continued to grow.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

    In Washington D.C. a security guard noticed a door taped open in D.C. Hotel, and reported it to the authority's.

  • Nixon’s Resignation

    The 37th president of the United States, Richard Nixon, resigned from presidency due to the watergate scandals.

  • The invention of the Internet

    January first of 1983 is considered to be the birthday of the internet, which help with the problem of communication, and is a big part of our world today.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The fall of Berlin Wall was seen as a mark that Germany was reunifying back with the rest of the world.

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    The day a plane crashed into the infamous World Trade Center, and south and north Twin Towers, in New York City. A terrorist attack costing the lives of many.

  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    The Virus started in Wuhan, China, and the World Health Organization declared the Global Pandemic of COVID-19. Planes and traveling from country's was shut down, and hospitals over flowed with patients, children where pushed into online and home schools due to schools closing, and communication was difficult.