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The invention of the Model T
The first creation of the Model T was in Detroit by the Ford company. Ford built millions more model Ts after this. The Model T is said to be one of the biggest automobile productions for its time. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
An international communication between Germany and Mexico. The Germans used the Zimmerman Telegram in attempts to get Mexico to alloy with them in case the United States decided to enter WWI. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment was added in 1920 and gave women the right to vote. -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday was what some believe to be the origin of the Great Depression. Black Thursday was when several major companies stock values' plummeted to about a third of their original worth This put those who were employed in/ invested in the companies without a home. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of legislative bills created by FDR in attempts to reverse the affects of the Great Depression. However, the New Deal was not effective and those bills were later redacted. -
The Munich Pact
The Munich Pact was a pact between England and Germany that allowed Germany to take over Czechoslovakia. England's prime minister, Prime Minister Chamberlain agreed to this because he was trying to remain neutral and not get involved in WWI. -
Hitler Invades Poland
Hitler invaded Poland in the fall of 1939 and it took him merely weeks to overtake Poland. Because England had an alliance with Poland that said they would enter the war if Germany attacked them they too entered the war. -
The WWI Armistice
The WWI Armistice is when America and our alloys invaded France as well as Germany. This led Germany and their alloys to surrender thus ending WWI. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is one of the main events that got America involved in WWII. Pearl Harbor is when the Japanese attacked our United States Naval base Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor killed and injured several innocent civilians. -
D-Day
D-Day was a large operation in which we began invading France with our allies' help. This marked the beginning of liberating Europe. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were major cities in Japan in which America bombed with atomic bombs. These bombings killed thousands of innocent men and children. These bombings however, caused Japan to surrender from WWII. -
The formation of United Nations
The formation of the United Nations is where representatives from each nation come together to discuss problems facing the world. They discuss ways to resolve the issues and ways to create peace. -
The Long Telegram
George Kennan's Long Telegram was a long and detailed telegram sent by George Kennan. George Kennan's telegram was a major piece in influencing America's Cold War policy. -
The formation of NATO
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The NATO was the formation of our nation and a few other nations who were concerned about the rise of communism in our world. The Soviet Union and their alliances formed an organization against the NATO. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
When the Russians acquired and atomic bomb they bombed civilian structures such as bridges and buildings. They also bombed animals to test the affects of nuclear radiation. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was the first military action that was taken during the Cold War. This war was a was against the communist forces. -
Brown v Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education was the beginning of a change in our Civil Rights. The supreme court victory of Brown's ended Federal tolerance to segregation in schools. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
By Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the Alabama bus she sparked the civil rights movement in America. Because of Rosa's actions several blacks began to boycott the bus. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long war between North Vietnam and their allies and South Vietnam and their allies. The war was a fight with the rise of communism. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a political and military 13-day fight between the United States and the Soviet Union. President Kennedy made it clear to America that we were prepared to fight Cuba if necessary and that they were a threat to national security. -
JFK’s Assassination
JFK along with his wife and the Texas governor at the time was riding through downtown Dallas, what was only meant to be about a 10-mile trip. JFK was shot twice once in his skull and once in his neck and was dead merely hours after being shot. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress approval to expand the Vietnam War was given. When we began to attack North Vietnam by air. We also took a more aggressive approach to the war -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
America had a goal to be the first nation on the moon and we accomplished this goal. This accomplishment brought America a lot of confidence and pride. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Baldwin were the first people to land on the moon. -
The Watergate Break-ins
Several burglars were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee. They were arrested with attempts to put bugs in phones. The money that funded this robbery was traced back to the team that wanted to reelect President Nixon which led to the President Nixon. Nixon was found of secretly recording conversations in the white house. These recordings proved that Nixon was behind the breakins as well as the coverup of the breakins. -
Nixon’s Resignation
Nixon resigned because the recordings that he took of all conversations in the white house were proof that he was behind not only the watergate breakins but the coverup of the breakins as well. The people were protesting that Nixon be impeached and before they could do so Nixon decided to resign. -
The invention of the Internet
The internet does not have a single inventor. The internet began in the United States as a government weapon made to be used in the Cold War. Researchers and scientists used it to communicate research. The internet evolved and modernized from there to become what it is today. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a large, barbed, concrete wall that the German Republic put up between East and West Berlin. The Berlin Wall fell when the East German Communist Party announced that citizens were free to pass whenever they pleased. -
The 9/11 Attacks
The 9/11 attacks were when terrorist overtook planes and flew them into the twin towers in New York they not only killed those in the plane but those in the towers as well. Several Americans began enlisting in the army after this and we went to war with Iraq.
