draft

First long telephone service

Jan 25, 1915

From new york to san francisico

U.S agrees to purchace Danish west Indies

Aug 14, 1916

known as the virgin islands, for 25 million

United States does not agree with Treaty of Versailles

Nov 11, 1918

Thy make their own Treaty with France

Treaty of Versailles

Nov 11, 1918

Leads up tp WW2

United States

Period: Nov 11, 1918 to Dec 7, 1941

The Pursuit of Peace

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1929

Great powers Pursued Disarmament

May 1, 1925

the reduction of armed forces and weapons.

The broadcast project NBC was founded

Nov 28, 1926

United States signed treaties to recue size of their navy.

Jan 1, 1928

So did Britain, France, Japan, and other nations.

United States stock market drops

Oct 24, 1929

Production of goods exceeded the need for them. Farmers, miners, and other suppliers of raw materials suffered severe hardships.

Margain buying by Eager Investors.

Nov 1, 1929

The great Depressin

Jan 1, 1930

The crash created financial turmoil in the inudstrial world as American banks stopped making loans abroad and demanded repayment of foreign loans.

United States imposed highest tarrifs in its History

Jan 1, 1931

Star Spangled Banner is adopted as national anthem

Mar 3, 1931

Hattie Wyatt Caraway was first woman elected to senate

Jan 2, 1932

Women never had high positions like this, so this was a huge step for women

The FBI was established

Mar 22, 1935

The director was J. Edgar Hoover

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

The attack of Pearl Harbor caused the U.S to get involved in world war 2. They were Japanese people. More than 200 American soldiers died in the attck.