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Prohibition (The Noble Experiment)
Prohibition in the 1920s was a time period in American History that saw a legal ban on sale and transportation of liquor and manufacturing. The gangster,however,disobeyed this law. -
Spanish Civil War
A war fought in Spain from July 17th to April 1st 1939. The war started because of a military rebellion. General Franco and his followers was the one who won the war. After this,Franco's dictatorship started. The number of causalities were 500,000 men. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler and his wife commits suicide. He takes a gunshot to the head and his wife drank poison. Some of his staff members then takes both of them,drenched them in gasoline and sets them on fire until they're unnoticeable -
The Korean War
A war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) supported by the United Nation,and Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea),one time supported by the People's Republic of China and Soviet Union. -
Ku Klux Klan
Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP. -
U.S. Drops Bombs on Japan
During the final stages of World War II in 1945,the U.S. conducts two atomic bombings against Japan on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Rosenberg SpyCase
Both were American communists who were convicted and executed for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war. The charges related to them was the accusation of passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. This was the 1st execution of civilians for espionage in U.S. History. -
Vietnam War
Was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. government involved in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. -
Rosa Parks Starts Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up seat to white person then is arrested and placed on trial. This lasted until December 20,1956 when court decided that racial segregation was not fair and African American people can sit wherever they want. -
The Space Race
A competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to be the first to be in space. -
Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful action by CIA trained forces of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba,with support and encouragement from the US government of Fidel Castro -
Freedom Rides
During the spring and summer students rode buses to challenge and test the laws that prohibit segregation in interstate bus and railways stations. -
The Berlin Wall
A barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) that completely cut off by land West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and East Berlin. -
Bombing of Birmingham Church
Four young girls were killed during Sunday School at the 16th Street Baptist Church when the bomb exploded. The church was a popular meeting place for the Civil Rights movement. -
Assassination of Dr. King
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed by James Earl Ray. This led to mass riots throughout the nation. -
President Johnson Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968
It abolishes discrimination in the sale,rental and financing of housing. -
Assassination of John F, Kennedy
Got shot in his car at Dealey Plaza in Dallas,Texas. -
Richard Nixon/ Watergate Scandal
Break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. -
Attempt on Reagan
President Ronald Reagan withstands an assassination attempt,which he was shot while walking to his limousine in Washington,D.C. -
Berlin Wall is Knocked Down
After this the west was no longer the side with the large salaries and political freedom and large economy. Germany is back to being all equal but people are still upset that they lost money and jobs and even family and friends -
USSR Is Dissolved
The Cold War officially ends when the USSR is dissolved. -
9/11 Terrorist Attack
On September 11, 2001 four airplanes were hijacked and two destroyed the twin towers in NYC, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth was crashed in a field in PA after the passengers on board took over the aircraft.
