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The Ford Model-T
The first actual running, working car is built in a Ford automobile factory. -
The Traffic Light
Earnest Sirrine of Chicago, Illinois patented perhaps the first automatic street traffic system in 1910. -
Assembly line
The very first assembly line is created by Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Co. The assembly line cut the time of making a car in half, undoubtedly making cars better and more affordable. -
The sinking of Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania is the only reason that we went to war with France, Britain, and Russia. 128 americans died because a German U-Boat put a torpedo through the starbourd bow, but it was revealled later that the ship was carrying millitary weapons to help the French and other countries. -
WWI
The first encounter with more than one nation at a time. Back then they called it the "War to end all wars", now it world war 1. Fighting the Germans before theywere coruppted by the Nazis. -
Roaring 20's
The 1920s have long been remembered as the "Roaring Twenties," an era of unprecedented affluence best remembered through the cultural artifacts generated by its new mass-consumption economy: a Ford Model T in every driveway. -
Great Depression
The Wall Street crash, more commonly known as black teusday, was the start of an era that should have never been, the Great Deprssion. -
New Deal
The package of legislative reforms that came to be known as the New Deal permanently and dramatically transformed the politics and economy of the United States. But we never got out of the Great Depression until the start of WWII. -
The US entering WWII
In 1940, after the invasion of France by the Nazis, Britain is the only Democracy left standing in Europe. We had less than no choice but to join the fight against old uncle Adolf. -
Nazis no More
Instead of most people thinking that Americans stormed the Riechstag, it was the Soviets and when I say stormed, I mean a slaughter of Nazis -
Brown v. Board of Education
It was the case that would change history forever, the desegregation of all schools. North and South, people watched to see what the ruling of the Supreme court would be. -
Sputnik
The first of its kind, the USSR made attelite is launched into space to circle around the world and be the first "Hawk" of the century. -
Bay of Pigs Invation
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure. -
United Farm Workers of America
Ceasar Chavez and others formed this organization to make sure that none are disregarded of their rights. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
For thirteen days Americans waited for the sound of sirens to signal that the Cubans have launched the first of many nuclear bombs, but they never did. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Thousands of East Berliners went to the border crossings. At Bornholmer Strasse the people demanded to open the border and at 10.30 pm the border was opened there.
That moment meant the end of the Berlin Wall. -
Soviet Bloc Falls
In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994.
