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The Chinese Exclusion Act
Enacted by President Chester A. Arthur, the Chinese Exclusion Act put a 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the U.S due to political unrest and labor competition. -
Dawes Act
Enacted by President Grover Cleveland, the Dawes Act authorized the president to take ownership of reserved native lands. This led to the assimilation of natives and their loss of culture. -
Henry Ford creates the assembly line
Ford's assembly line revolutionized manufacturing with its efficiency on production, leading to lower prices and mass production. -
Start of World War I
Sparked from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalists, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, creating alliances and global conflict between the Allies and Central Powers. -
First solo transatlantic flight
Pilot Charles Lindbergh flew nonstop for over 33 hours from New York to France. Spanning over 3,600 miles, Lindbergh flew with his single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis. -
Wall Street Crash
Speculation of stock prices and loaning from banks would devastate investors as the stock market would crash, leaving them in debt and marking the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Hitler’s appointed Chancellor of Germany
Hitler had restructured the Nazis to idealize elections with power and had spread Nazi propaganda. This heavily contributed to his win as Chancellor as the Nazis had grown to be the largest leading political party in Germany. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt become President
FDR wins the election against President Herbert Hoover becoming the 32nd president. FDR is known as the longest serving president, serving four terms. -
Hitler invades Poland
Acting as the catalyst of WWII, Hitler accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans, justifying his invasion. The Treaty of Versailles had made Germany have major territory loss after WWI which made Hitler invade Poland as retaliation. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan retaliates against the U.S's blockade through a surprise attack on the U.S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii killing over 2,400 civilians. This would ultimately lead to the U.S joining WWII. -
The internment of Japanese Americans
During WWII, under FDR's Executive Order No. 9066, the Secretary of War was allowed to exclude any or all persons to their designated military areas. Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated to internment camps under the suspicion of them being spies and them being subjected to racism. -
The Cold War
A period of political tension between the U.S and Soviet Union that did not involve military conflict. This consisted of the Space Race and the isolation and fear of Communism. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Stated that state-sanctioned segregation is deemed unconstitutional and does not follow "separate but equal", violating the 14th amendment. This eventually led to the desegregation of schools and served as a stepping stone in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Elvis Presley rises to fame
Elvis Presley revolutionized rock and roll in the 1950s and becomes a cultural icon. This genre of music uplifted post-war society and challenged social norms. -
Apollo 11 moon landing
Apollo 11 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida by NASA. This spaceflight marked the first time people landed on the moon. The two astronauts were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Originally starting in East Berlin as a protest with over half a million people, the Berlin Wall had fallen out of frustration of travel between East and West Germany and a weakening Soviet Union. -
9/11
Orchestrated by al-Qaeda, 9/11 was a series of terrorist attacks using hijacked commercial planes that would be crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. -
Barack Obama is elected President
Barack Obama is the first African American to hold office and the 44th president running up against John McCain. -
COVID-19 Pandemic
Originating from Wuhan, China, COVID-19 had an outbreak in December 2019 before going worldwide in 2020. COVID was 10 times more deadly than the common flu. -
Trump's assassination attempt
During Trump's rally in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, Thomas Matthew Crooks fires 8 rounds at Trump from the rooftop of a nearby building. Crooks injured three civilians, killing one, and had shot Trump's right ear.