US History B Timeline

By jjdorny

  • The Zimmerman telegram

    this was a message from a German Secretary (Zimmerman) to the Ambassador to Mexico to propose an alliance between U.S. and Germany.

  • WW1 Armistice

    This was an agreement to ceasefire which is a precursor to a peace treaty. This was also called the Great War.) This made is to Allies could make an end to hostilities.

  • The Invention of Model T

    This was a car made in in the early 1900's (Ford)

  • The 19th Amendment

    This was the day the 19th amendment was passed. This gave women the right to vote!

  • Charles Lindberghs flight

    This was a flight that took place, and as it was taking off it barely missed a telephone pole by 20 feet.

  • Black Thursday

    This is a time where the stock market crashed, leading the the Great Depression

  • The new deal

    The new deal was designed to help people during the Great Depression

  • the Munich Pact

    this was a pact Hitler agreed to. This meant he would stop using military for the land he had taken over.

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

  • Hitler Invades Polland

  • D-day

    this is a day where military operations begin. The most well-known D-day was in ww2

  • Pearl Harbor

    This was the day the attack on pearl harbor started.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    This is when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan. 3 days later another one was dropped. These were the only occasions that nuclear weapons have ever been used in war. (Gratefully)

  • The Formation of the United Nations

  • The Long Telegram

    This was a reply George Kennon wrote to Washington about his opinion on the Soviets.

  • Russians acquired the atomic bomb

  • The Formation of Nato

  • The Korean War

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    Brown v Board of Education

    This was a decision, intended to help civil rights
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    The Vietnam War

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat.

    A black woman refused to give up her seat to the white, after the return of a long day at work. This gave an example to others.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    This was a time between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, where it came very close to nuclear destruction.

  • JFK's Assassination

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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    The Apollo Moon Landing

  • The Water gate Break-ins

  • The Nixon's Resignation

  • Invention of the Internet

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • 9/11 Attacks