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Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, changing the course of communication in America and the world forever. -
The Gas Powered Car
German invention Karl Benz invents the first gasoline powered auto-mobile, this will forever change the way people get around for every day life and leads to the improvement of the assembly line once Ford begins mass producing cars. -
Flight
The Wright Brothers invent the first controlled airplane and test it in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This will soon be innovated to allow for global travel in a matter of hours rather than weeks or months by boat. -
Panama Canal
Work begins on the Panama Canal forever changing the trade routes between the far east and the United States. Now instead of goods going around South America, they can cut straight through Panama. -
WW1 Ends
The world's deadliest war to date ends after German leadership signs the armistice. Soon after they have to pay a heavy price to the Allies and this eventually leads to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in the period prior to and during WW2. Both conflicts combined cost millions of American lives. -
20th Amendment
Women are granted the right to vote in the United States. This changed the way governing happens in America forever. -
The Great Depression
The Stock Market crashes leading the worst economic depression in United States history, the effects are felt all around the world -
Discovery of the Neutron
British physicist discovers the neutron, making it possible for the nuclear bomb to be created along with nuclear energy. -
Minimum Wage
Minimum wage is established for the first time in the United States -
WW2 Ends
The deadliest war that mankind has ever known ends with the United States dropping two nuclear bombs in Japan. After years of fighting in both Europe and throughout the Pacific and many casualties the war is finally over. An estimated 70-85 million people died in this conflict and soon after the United States and the Soviet Union are the two superpowers dominating the world.
