US History B Timeline

By spnelson

  • The invention of the Model T

    The Model T was one of the first mass produced vehicles making it available to the public.

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    A telegram sent to Mexico from Germany purposing an alliance against the US which brought the US into WW1.

  • The WWI Armistice

    This was the ceasefire that ended conflict between the allies and the Germany.

  • The 19th Amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote.

  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    The first solo transatlantic flight in history.

  • Black Thursday

    The stock market crash that led the US to the great depression.
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    The New Deal

    A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations by FDR that put people back into work and helped bring the US out of the great depression.

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany.

  • The Munich Pact

    Czechoslovakia surrendered its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler and his army invade Poland.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan surprise attacked the United States Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • D-Day

    Several land, air, and sea forces from the allied armies invaded Normandy France.

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

  • The formation of United Nations

    The UN was founded after the World War II.

  • The Long Telegram

    A diplomatic message sent by George F. Kennan in outlining the Soviet Union's expansionist tendencies and saying that they wanted a policy of containment.

  • The formation of NATO

    A treaty organization created for protection against the Soviet Union.

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb.
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    The Korean War

    North Korea invaded South Korea.

  • Brown v Board of EducationBrown v Board of Education

    Segregation was deemed illegal.
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    The Vietnam War

    North Vietnam wanted to reunite the Vietnam with Communism. South Vietnam didn't want this happening. The south lost and the North instated communism.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa parks refused to give her seat up to a white man on the bus.
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    The Cuban Missile Crisis

    13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union where nuclear war almost happened.

  • JFK’s Assassination

    JFK got assassinated.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Congress authorized President Johnson to make any measures he though necessary to keep peace and security in southeast Asia.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    People apparently landed on the moon for the first time.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

    Nixon's administration tried to cover up its involvement in the break in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

  • Nixon’s Resignation

    Nixon didn't have any political support so he resigned.

  • The invention of the Internet

    The internet had been created.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The first step toward German reunification - taking down the Berlin Wall.

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    Two planes were hijacked my terrorists and crashed into the twin towers.
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    Covid-19 Pandemic