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The United States enters World War 1 after the German's began unrestricted submarine warfare against the U.S and other countries.
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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote on August 18, 1920.
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Stock prices began to fall in September and October of 1929. As panic set in traders tried to get out with what they could. On October 24, Black Thursday, over 12 million shares were traded. The market was stabilized over the weekend, but on Tuesday the stock prices collapsed completely, and billions of dollars were lost.
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Severe, worldwide economic depression originating in the United States.
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The Tuskegee Airmen refers to the first trained African American pilots to fight for the U.S. in World War II. They overcame racial opposition and became one of the most reliable groups of pilots during the war.
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The United States enter World War II on December 7th, 1941 as the Japanese bomb the American fleet at Pearl Harbor.
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An infantry regiment of the U.S army composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry. These soldiers fought in World War II as a part of the army reserve.
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Former army general during World War 2 served as president from 1953 to 1961.
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Through nonviolent protest, this movement attempted to break apart the segregation in the South and achieve equal rights for African Americans. Occurred primarily from 1954 to 1960.
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During this crisis, leaders of the U.S and Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day standoff over missiles in Cuba.
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35th President of the United States is assassinated in Dallas.
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This campaign put into action by President Richard Nixon was carried out during the Vietnam War. This only lasted a few months, and was not agreed to be necessary by many administrators at the time.
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The U.S.S.R is defeated in their campaign in Afghanistan. This is a major blow to the Soviet Union's plans to build up communist governments in the area.
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President Reagan announces a 'Strategic Defense Initiative' to avoid the possible mutual assured destruction (MAD) that he saw coming. The goal was to mount a defense against a ballistic missile attack.
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A treaty is signed in 1987, and in 1991 the war comes to a close.
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South African president Nelson Mandela's democratic election in 1994 achieved the end of apartheid in South Africa. From 1948 to 1991 the system of apartheid existed.
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In 1991 the World Wide Web went public. This was the structure for the internet and everything in the coming years. The internet could now be reached across the world and this had a major impact on trading and global relations.
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The war on terror (WoT) or Global war on terrorism (GWOT), is a metaphor of war referring to the miliatary campaign launched by the U.S. following the September 11 attacks in 2001. Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Taliban are known targets of this war, which is ongoing.
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Armed drones began being flown over Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. Drones allowed visual feed and could often be used in place of human life to defeat an enemy combatant. In modern days drones are used primarily for surveillance.
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Barack Obama won the 2008 election and led the country until 2016 as the 44th president. He was the first African American president in the U.S. Joe Biden served as Vice President to Barack Obama.
