US History II

  • treaty of versailles

    treaty of versailles

    league of nation ratifies the treaty
  • prohibition

    prohibition

    alcohol is banned
  • St. Valentines Day Massacre

    St. Valentines Day Massacre

    Al Capone orders hit.
  • black tuesday

    black tuesday

    stock market crash
  • the new deal

    the new deal

    new deal is accepted
  • Italy declares war

    Italy declares war

    italy declares war on France and Britain
  • Pearl Harbour

    Pearl Harbour

    The Japaness attack Pearl Harbour
  • United States at war

    United States at war

    Germany and Italy declare war on the Unoted States
  • U.S. attacks Japan

    U.S. attacks Japan

    U.S. attakcs Japan
  • German Surrender

    German Surrender

    German surrender in Tunisia
  • D-Day

    Allies invade Normandy
  • Postwar baby boom

    Postwar baby boom

    Birthrate rises dramaticlly
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    The Korean War begins
  • Color TV

    Color TV

    color tv introduced
  • Rock and Roll begins

    Rock and Roll begins

    Rock and Roll gets its start and becomes more popular
  • Joseph Stalin Dies

    Joseph Stalin Dies

    Joseph Stalin dies of heart attack
  • DNA discovered

    DNA discovered

    changes the world of science
  • First Atomic Submarine

    First Atomic Submarine

    will change the way wars can be fought
  • Cigarettes Bad

    Cigarettes Bad

    report released saying cigarettes can cause cancer
  • Segregation in school unconstitutional

    Segregation in school unconstitutional

    supreme court rules that segregation in schools is unconstitutional
  • Warsaw Pact Signed

    Warsaw Pact Signed

    gave the soveits much more power and control
  • Winston Churchill re-elected

    Winston Churchill re-elected

    Winston Churhill re-elected as Prime Minister
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Vietnam War begins
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    Soviet satellite launched into space, first of its kind
  • NORAD

    NORAD

    radar system near the north pole to detect missle attacks from the soviets
  • Alaska

    Alaska

    Alaska becomes part of the U.S.
  • JFK Inaguration

    JFK Inaguration

    John F. Kennedy is officially president
  • U2 shot down

    U2 shot down

    U2 spy plane shot down
  • Summer Olympics

    Summer Olympics

    Summer Olympics held in Rome.
  • First televised Debate

    First televised Debate

    John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
  • John Glenn

    John Glenn

    Made America's first orbital flight
  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis

    Soviet Union and United States figth over nuclear weapons in Cuba
  • MLK's I Have A Dream Speech

    MLK's I Have A Dream Speech

    Martin Luther King gave his I Have A Dream Speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
  • JFK Assasination

    JFK Assasination

    John F. Kennedy shot and killed in Texas
  • The Beatles

    The Beatles

    First perfomered in America on the Ed Sullilvan Show. America falls in love with them.
  • The Civil Rigth Act

    The Civil Rigth Act

    first civil rigths bill to stop segregation
  • MLK shot and killed

    MLK shot and killed

    Martin Luther KIng assasinated in Memphis.
  • Shirley Chisholm

    Shirley Chisholm

    first black female in congress
  • Nixon Elected

    Nixon Elected

    Nixon becomes the 37th president of the United States
  • Lunar Landing

    Lunar Landing

    Neil Armstrong lands on the moon
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    Art and music festival in Sulivain County