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The 15th Amendment
The 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. This amendment was made for american citizens know matter what color or race you are you're aloud to vote. -
The completion of the Panama Canal
Initial attempt by France to build a sea level canal failed. A great amount of excavation was carried out after they faild to build the canal. The United States completed the present Panama Canal in 1913. The Panama Canal finally opened in 1914. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
In June 1914 the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins. -
U.S. entry into WWI
The U.S entered WWI because Woodrow Wilson was trying to be neutral. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of WWI. It ended the state war between Germany and the Allied powers, it was signed on June 28th 1919 exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment was the right to vote based on sex. This amendment was made so that women had the right to vote. Supreme court ruled that the 14th amendment did not apply to women or give them a right to vote. -
Hitler invades Poland
Germany invades poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
In 1941 Japan bombed pearl harbor by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters. It was a surprise military strike by the imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
Executive order 9066
The Executive Order 9066 was a U.S presidential executive order signed and issued in WWII by the U.S president Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19th 1942. The order authorized the Secretary of War and U.S. armed forces commanders to declare areas of the United States as military areas from which any or all persons may be excluded. -
U.S. drops first Atomic bomb in Japan
In 1945 the U.S dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. President Harry S Truman, announcing the news from the cruiser, USS Augusta, in the mid-Atlantic, said the device was more than 2,000 times more powerful than the largest bomb used to date. The bomb was dropped from an American B-29 Superfortress, known as Enola Gay, at 0815 local time. -
First U.S. military advisors were sent into Vietnam
America agreed to train Diem's army. We were in Vietnam because we didnt want the south to become communism. The president at that time was Eisenhower. -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
JFK was the 35th president of the U.S he was assassinated in November 1963 at 12;30 pm. He was shot while traveling with his wife and the texas governor John Connally and his wife. -
March on Washington
the march on washington was created so that African Americans can get jobs and their freedom. This march was one of the biggest political rallies for human rights in U.S history. The march took place in Washington D.C on August 28th 1963. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American activist, and leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. In 1955 Martin Luther King JR led the bus boycott and helped find the southern Christian leadership conference. In 1963 Martin king helped organize the March on Washington where he had his “I have a dream speech”. After that he established his reputation as one of the greatest speakers in American histor -
First combat troops sent to Vietnam
In 1965 the U.S sends first combat troops to vietnam. A U.S. Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion is deployed to Da Nang. President Johnson ordered this deployment to provide protection for the key U.S. airbase. This was the first commitment of American combat troops in South Vietnam and there was considerable reaction around the world to the new stage of U.S. involvement in the war. -
Vietnam War ends
The capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People's Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. -
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U.S. supports Afghanistan from invasion of the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R
The United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs was kidnapped by Setami Milli militants and was later killed during an assault carried out by the Afghan police. They were assisted by Soviet advisers. -
U.N. resolution 678
United Nations Security Council resolution 678, adopted on 29 November 1990, after reaffirming resolutions 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 670, 674 and 677 (all 1990), the Council noted that despite all the United Nations efforts, Iraq continued to defy the Security Council -
U.N. declares victory in the Persian Gulf War
The persian gulf war was an armed conflict between Iraq and a coalition of 32 nations including the United States, Britain, Egypt, France, and Saudi Arabia. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein sayed that the invasion was was a response to overproduction of oil in Kuwait. Iraq estimated $14 billion a year when oil prices fell. -
U.N. begins bombing against Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
In 1990 Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991. The Persian Gulf war began with a massive U.S lead air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. After 42 days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition in the air and on the ground, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled. -
U.S. drops second Atomic bomb in Japan
On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Estimates suggest that the bomb killed 40,000 on the day it was dropped, and approximately 70,000 by the end of 1945.