1900 - 2000

By sydney.laughlin
  • Period: to

    1900

  • World War I

    World War I

    The United States joined the War
  • Worldwide Influenza epidemic

    Worldwide Influenza epidemic

  • Charels Lindbergh

    Charels Lindbergh

    First solo nonstop transatlantic flight.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Stock markets crashed.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Fair Labor Standards Act

    passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. to 25 cents an hour.
  • World War II

    World War II

    United States joins the war after Japan attacks on pearl harbor, December 7th, 1941.
  • Alaska & Hawaii

    Alaska & Hawaii

    Alaska becomes the 49th state, and Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech to 200,000 people in Washington D.C. during the civil rights movement
  • President John F. Kennedy

    President John F. Kennedy

    was assassinated in Dallas, Tx. His vice president Lyndon B. Johnson became the new president.
  • The Cold War

    The Cold War

    The war has ended and the United States becomes the only Superpower in the world.

  • 2000