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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Serbian military officers stood behind the attack -
The completion of the Panama Canal
The panama canal is a world wide shipping dock. -
U.S. entry into WWI
Over 120 Americans were killed. -
Treaty of Versailles
It was presented for German leaders to sign on May 7, 1919, forced Germany to concede territories. -
The 19th amendment
This was made so that no citizen will be denied the right to vote. -
Hitler invades Poland
The Soviet Red Army's invasion of Eastern Poland on September 17th. The Germans gained an undisputed advantage -
Executive order 9066
It authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones -
U.S. drops first Atomic bomb in Japan
Dropped in Hiroshima. -
U.S. drops second Atomic bomb in Japan
In Nagasaki. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Attack in Hawaii that basically got the americans in the war. -
First U.S. military advisors were sent into Vietnam
The U.S sent troops for the pro-french vietnam. -
March on Washington
Where people supported Martin Luther King -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
He was assasinated by gunshot. -
First combat troops sent to Vietnam
This was the first commitment of American combat troops. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
He died around 6pm. -
Vietnam War ends
In the order of Case–Church Amendment -
U.S. supports Afghanistan from invasion of the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R)
9 years of conflict. U.S took their troops out in 1988 -
U.N. resolution 678
Demands that Iraq comply fully with resolution 660 (1990) and all subsequent relevant resolutions. -
U.N. begins bombing against Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
Saddam would not withdraw. 30 nations joined the military coalition. The Iraqi army was crushed after a mere 100 hours. -
U.N. declares victory in the Persian Gulf War
This is also known Operation Desert Storm. -
The 15th Amendment
prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".