Ch. 6-26 American History (Dawson Smith) By 1623771 Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Dec 31, 1900 Chapters 6 - A New Industrial Age. Mar 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Dec 31, 1910 Chapter 7 - Immigrants and Urbanization Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Dec 31, 1915 Chapter 8 - Life at the Turn of the 20th Century Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1920 Chapter 9 - The Progressive Era Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1920 Chapter 10 - America Claims an Empire Dec 17, 1903 The Wright Brothers acheive the first successful airplane flight. Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Dec 31, 1919 Chapter 11 - The First World War Jul 28, 1914 World War I begins in Europe. Aug 1, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia and France. Great Britain declares war on Germany and Austria Hungary. Apr 6, 1917 United States enter World War I. Nov 11, 1918 The first World War ends. Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Dec 31, 1929 Chapter 12 - Politics of the Roaring Twenties Jan 16, 1919 Eighteenth Amendment outlaws alcoholic beverages. Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1930 Chapter 13 - The Roaring Life of the 1920s Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan. Feb 4, 1928 Joseph Stalin launches the first of his Five-Year-Plan in the USSR. Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Dec 31, 1934 Chapter 14 - The Great Depression Begins Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Dec 31, 1941 Chapter 16 - World War Looms Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Dec 31, 1940 Chapter 15 - The New Deal Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party come to power in Germany. Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland. Period: Jan 1, 1941 to Dec 31, 1945 Chapter 17 - The United States in World War II Dec 7, 1941 United States enters World War II. Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1960 Chapter 18 - Cold War Conflicts Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders after atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Period: Jan 1, 1946 to Dec 31, 1960 Chapter 19 - The Postwar Boom Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begins. Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Dec 31, 1970 Chapter 21 - Civil Rights Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1975 Chapter 22 - The Vietnam War Years Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1974 Chapter 23 - An Era of Social Change Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1967 Chapter 20 - The New Frontier and The Great Society Oct 14, 1962 The U.S. and USSR face off in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Mar 8, 1965 United States troops invade Vietnam. Jun 30, 1966 National Organization for Women is formed. (NOW) Period: Jan 1, 1968 to Dec 31, 1979 Chapter 24 - An Age of Limits Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Jul 20, 1969 United States astronauts walk on the moon. Jan 27, 1973 United States signs cease-fire with North Vietnam and Vietcong. Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 31, 1990 Chapter 25 - The Conservative Tide Dec 8, 1987 President Reagan and the Soviet leader sign the Inermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Period: Jan 1, 1992 to Dec 31, 2008 Chapter 26 - The United States in Today's World Sep 11, 2001 Terrorists attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon with hijacked jets. Mar 20, 2003 United States forces invade Iraq.
