History 152 Group Project By history152project Aug 8, 1859 The first oil well May 20, 1862 Homestead Act May 10, 1869 The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad Oct 22, 1879 The lightbulb invented Jan 1, 1890 Jacob Riis “How the Other Half Lives” publication Jan 1, 1898 The Rough Riders Feb 17, 1898 The Main Sep 1, 1898 Open Door Notes Jan 1, 1899 Germ Theory Period: Oct 1, 1903 to Oct 13, 1903 The first World Series Dec 17, 1903 First heavier-than-air airplane powered Jan 1, 1907 Pure Food and Drug Act Feb 2, 1909 NACCP Founded Dec 23, 1913 Federal Reserve Act Jan 1, 1914 The assembly line Jan 1, 1914 Panama Canal Completed Feb 25, 1917 Zimmerman Telegram Period: Jul 27, 1919 to Aug 3, 1919 Chicago Race Riot Jan 1, 1920 The Flapper Period: Jan 1, 1921 to Jan 1, 1922 Growth of Automobile Industry Aug 2, 1924 The Dawes Plan Jul 21, 1925 The Scopes Trial Apr 29, 1929 Agricultural Marketing Act Oct 29, 1929 The crash of the stock market, beginning of the Great Depression May 18, 1933 Tennessee Valley Authority Jun 20, 1933 National Recovery Administration Aug 14, 1935 Social Security Dec 21, 1937 Snow White premiered Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Jan 1, 1945 Massive Government Spending Jun 22, 1940 Fall of France Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attacked Feb 11, 1945 United Nations Established Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Destroyed Jun 24, 1950 The Korean War Nov 1, 1950 China Intervenes in North Korea Oct 1, 1951 Brown vs. Board of Education Appeal Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks arrested May 4, 1961 Freedom Rides Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Jan 1, 1964 Free Speech Movement - 1964 Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong on the moon Jun 13, 1971 “Pentagon Papers” Aug 8, 1974 Watergate scandal
