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franz ferdinand and wife assassinated
was killed by princip -
start of war
germany declares war on russia and great britian declares war on germany -
start of thw war between great brit and germany
germany invades belgium -
tannenberg
germans stop russian advance -
gallipoli
allied forces defeated in bid to establish supply line with russia -
lusitania sunk
german u boat sinks british ship -
the battle of verdun and somme
these 2 battles clamed the lives of millions -
allied victory
the allied victory costs over half a million casualties -
the united states enters the war
the us declares war on germany -
russia with draws from war
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cantigny
the amerricans fil gaps between french and british lines during german offensive -
chateau thierry
u.s.troops help stop german advance on paris -
marne2nd battle
theturning point of the war allies advance steadaly after defeating the germans -
st mihiel
pershing leads american army to victory -
meuse argonne
american advance helps end the war -
palmer raids
when palmer made hoover his special assistant palmer and hoover hunted down suspected communists socialist and anarchists -
harding elected
warren g harding is elected president -
sacco and vanetti
sacco and vanetti where convicted of killing a paymaster and his gurad -
nineteenth amendment
the ninteenth amendment gave women the right 2 vote -
federall aid road act
federal aid road act funds national highway -
louis armstrong
louie armstrong plays for king olivers creole jazz band in chicago -
bluse singer ma
blues singer ma rainey performs with her jazz band in chicago -
harding dies
president harding dies and calvin coolidge becomes president -
time
time magazine begins to publish -
coolidge elected
calvine coolidge was elected president -
philip randolph
philip randolph organizes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters -
scope trial
the scopes trial takes place in tennessee -
henry ford
henry ford introduced the model a -
charles lindbergh
charles completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight -
hoover
herbert hoover takes office -
acadamey awards
the first academy awads are persented -
stock market
the stock market crashes -
banks fail
more than 40% of banks fail -
seize the government of argentina
army officers led by jose uriburu seize control of the government of argintins -
jane addams
jane addams shares the nobel peace prize -
unemployment
8.o2 million americans are unemployed -
japan
japan invades manchuria -
bonus army
the bonus army arrives at washingtion -
ibn saud
ibn saud becomes king of newly united saudi arabia -
roosevelt elected
franklin delano roosevelt is elected president -
muhandas
from prison mohandas k gandhi leads a protest against british policies in india -
hitler
adolf hitler takes power in germany -
sec
congress creates the sec to regualte the stock market -
social security
congress passes the social security act -
labor unions
labor unions begin using sit down stirkes -
route 66
route 66 is completed linking chicago to los angilies california -
germany
germany invades poland -
japan
the japaneses surrender -
un
the united nations is established -
iwo jima
allied soldgers capture iwo jima -
mussolini
italians exicute mussolini -
hitler
hitler commits suicide -
v-e day
v-e day ends the war -
okinawa
allies capture okinawa -
atomic bomb
the u.s.drops atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki -
germans attack
germans attack allies in the battle of the buldge -
church hill
church hill give his iron curtian speech -
isreal
state of isreal created -
trueman
harry trueman elected president -
the berlin air lift
the berlin air lift begans wich drops supplys into west berlin -
china
china becomes communist under mao zedong -
korea
u.s. troops are sent to korea -
rock n roll
disc jockey alan freed it the first to use the term rock n roll on the air -
dwight d esienhower
esienhower is elected -
korean war
korean war cease fire -
topeka
brown vs board of education tokapa outlaws segrigation -
esienhower
esienhower re elected -
nasa
nasa the national arenotics and space association is established -
alaska and hawii
alaska and hawii become the 49th and 50th state -
kennedy
kennedy is elected president -
bay of pigs
the u.s launches bay of pigs invasion -
john glenn
john glenn is the first american to orbit the earth -
nelson mandela
south african civicl rights leader nelson mandela is imprisoned -
u.s. and u.s.s.r
u.s.and u,s,s,r face off in cubin missle crises -
kennedy assassination
president kennedy assassinated lyndon b johnson president -
lyndon b johnson
lyndon b johnson is elected -
economic oppertunity act
congress passes the economic oppertunity act and civicl rights act -
vietnam
u.s. troops enter vietnam -
cultural revolution
cultural revolution begins in chins -
thurgood
thurgood marshal becomes african american justice of the supreme court -
race riots
race riots occur in major u.s.cities -
nixson
richard m nixson is elected president -
martin luther king
martin luther king assassinated -
moon
u.s.astronauts walk on the moon -
grape boycott
the grape boycott forces growers to sign contracts with united farm workers -
kent state
ohio national guard kills four students -
political party
political party la raza unida is formed -
ferdinand marcos
marcos declares marshal law in the philipiness -
nixson
richard nixson is elected -
nixson
richard m nixson is re elected -
energy crises
energy crisis begins and gasoline prices soar -
cease fire
the united states signs cease fire with north vietnam and vietkong -
native american
native americans stage protest at wounded knee south dakota -
gerald ford
gerald ford becomes president when nixson resignes -
saigon
communists capture saigon south vietnam surrenders -
jim carter
president jim carter is elected president -
bicentennial
americans celebrate the nations bicentennial -
saterday night fever
the movie saterday night fever inspires disco -
three mile island
a nuclear power accident occurs at three mile island in pennsylvania -
kennedy
john f kennedy elected
