History #2

  • The invention of the Model T

    It made automobiles affordable for the average American
  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    It revealed Germany's aggressive intent towards the U.S.
  • The WWI Armistice

    The end of fighting for the major combatants
  • The 19th Amendment

    It gave women the right to vote.
  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    Famous, solo, non-stop flight over the Atlantic
  • Black Thursday

    The stock market crashed, start of the Great Depression
  • The New Deal

    Rebuilt the economy and gave aid to the poor.
  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    The first step in Hitler's control plan.
  • The Munich Pact

    Allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    The start of WW2
  • Pearl Harbor

    Brought the U.S. into the war
  • D-Day

    Led to the downfall of Nazi Germany.
  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Japan surrendered, end of the war.
  • The formation of United Nations

    Prevented another war, and made the countries help each other.
  • The Long Telegram

    Told Soviet plans, and gave the U.S. the upper hand in the cold war.
  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Made the USSR the second nation to acquire nuclear weapons.
  • The formation of NATO

    Established the security architecture that defined the cold war.
  • The Korean War

    The first "hot war" of the cold war.
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Over-ruled the separate but equal in schools.
  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    A significant moment t in the American Civil Rights Movement.
  • The Vietnam War

    Between the communist government and the allies.
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    Removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba when U.S. agrees to not invade Cuba.
  • JFK’s Assassination

    Shocked the world and led to a new president.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Allowed more military in Southeast Asia, for the Vietnam war.
  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The first time anyone made it to the moon.
  • The Watergate Break-ins

    Led to president Nixon's resignation.
  • Nixon’s Resignation

    The first president to resign from office.
  • The invention of the Internet

    Created the WWW.
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The protests, and a mistaken announcement made officers open the checkpoints.
  • The 9/11 Attacks

    Terrorists hijacked planes to crash into the twin towers and the Pentagon.
  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    The virus pandemic.