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XXth century

By marinapm

  • America was flexing its economic and political muscle on the international stage

    America was flexing its economic and political muscle on the international stage
    America was flexing its economic and political muscle on the international stage. The era was defined by the temperance movement, Progressive-era activism, the sinking of the Titanic and World War I.

  • World war I

    World war I
    The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 set off a chain of events that led to war in early August 1914. The assassination was traced to a Serbian extremist group that wanted to increase Serbian power in the Balkans by breaking up the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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    world war II

    Through a non-aggression pact, Germany ensured the neutrality of the Soviet Union, which was ruled by dictator Joseph Stalin. Germany then invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, starting World War II in Europe.
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    decolonization and nationalism

    The growth of nationalism among native peoples in European colonies in Asia and Africa often played an enormous role in the process of decolonization. Indeed, without the growth of nationalist movements in colonies themselves, it was highly unlikely that colonial powers would unilaterally surrender their colonies.

  • The assassination of President John F. Kennedy

    The assassination of President John F. Kennedy
    On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while traveling in a motorcade in an open-top limousine in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder of Dallas policeman J. D. Tippit and arraigned for both murders. On November 24, nightclub owner Jack Ruby killed Oswald.
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    beatles

  • landing a man on the moon

    landing a man on the moon
    American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. He stepped out of the Apollo 11 lunar module and onto the Moon's surface, in an area called the 'Sea of Tranquility
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    Queen

  • 11s

    11s
    Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners on September 11, 2001, crashing two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.