Mid-Term Timeline

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

    Civil Rights Act of 1866
    This was basically the act giving every man equal rights without regard to race or color. Though this was a great year, it was the same year the KKK was invented.
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
    With the assassination of President McKinley, Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States and also became the youngest President as well in that time.
  • US enters WWI

    US enters WWI
    The US enters World War 1 and declared war on Germany because of their unlawful submarine attacks on ships and merchants.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    This was the peace treaty that was signed after WW1 had ended. A total of 8.5 million soldiers died in the war and around 21 million others were wounded.
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project
    This was the production of the first nuclear missle during world war 2 and ended up employing around 130,000 people by the end of it.
  • JFK assassination

    JFK assassination
    35th President of the United States, John Fitzgeral Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas, Tx.
  • Moon Walk

    Moon Walk
    Niel Armstrong became the first man to land on the moon and step foot on it. This was a huge day for American because of the Cold War with Russia.
  • Watergate Burglary

    Watergate Burglary
    Watergate burglars broke into the democratic party's national committee.
  • Gerald Ford

    Gerald Ford
    Gerald Ford became president of the US and served one term but was the Vice-President before that.
  • 9/11 attacks

    9/11 attacks
    The Twin towers and pentagon were attacked by hijackers who took over airplanes and ran them into these particular buildings.
  • Obama

    Obama
    Barack Obams became the first black President of the US and won his re-election in the year of 2012.