Late US History

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  • The Model T Invented

    The Model T car invented by Henry Ford.
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    World War One

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    A telegram sent from a German Foreign Secretary to Mexico to propose a military alliance against the US.

  • The World War One Armistice

    This armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending WWI.

  • The 19th Amendment

    This amendment allowed women to vote.

  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    This was the first solo, nonstop, transatlantic flight, achieved by Charles Lindbergh.

  • Black Thursday

    The first day of the stock market crash.

  • The New Deal

    An attempt by Congress to better the lives of the people who had been affected by the depression.

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

  • The Munich Agreement

    An agreement between Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy that gave Germany Sudetenland.
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    World War Two

  • Hitler Invades Poland

  • Pearl Harbor

    The destruction of Pearl Harbor, which dragged the US into the war.

  • D-Day

  • Hiroshima

    The US denotes an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan.

  • Nagasaki

    The US denotes an atomic bomb of Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Formation of the United Nations

  • The Long Telegram

  • Joe - 1

    The first Russian atomic bomb detonated.

  • Formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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    The Korean War

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Segregation in schools is finally considered illegal and a violation of the 14th amendment.
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    The Vietnam War

  • Defiance by Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up here seat to a white man in a bus.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The US and Cuba got dangerously close to nuclear conflict.

  • President Kennedy Assasination

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    This allows President Johnson to take any measures to keep the peace in southeast Asia.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

  • The Watergate Break In

    The break in at the Watergate Office Building.

  • Nixon's Resignation

    Nixon resigns from presidency.

  • The Invention of the Internet

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

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    COVID - 19 Pandemic