Online Timeline

WWI

Period: Jul 17, 1914 to Jul 17, 1918

Start of intense chemical warfare.

NCSS is Founded

Jul 17, 1921

Set standards for nation-wide learning of social studies.

Great Depression

Period: Jul 17, 1929 to Jul 17, 1932

Many people struggled for basic needs in America.

WWII

Period: Jul 17, 1939 to Jul 17, 1945

America joined two years into the war.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Abour Pearl Harbor AttackJapan attacked Hawaii's Pearl Harbor.

Korean War

Period: Jul 17, 1950 to Jul 17, 1953

My grandpa fought in it.

Civil rights

Period: Jul 17, 1955 to Jul 17, 1969

Still a struggle in some areas.

First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

Jul 17, 1957

Great Russian feat.

Vietnam

Period: Jul 17, 1960 to Jul 17, 1973

Thought of as a conflict not a war.

First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

Jul 17, 1961

Part of the space race

First man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

Jul 17, 1969

Often mistanly refered to as Lance Armstrong.

Watergate

Jul 17, 1974

Scandal involving our president

N.C.L.B. mandate in schools

Period: Jul 17, 2000 to Jul 16, 2013

Huge impact on the schools

World Trade Center Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

Made it so my family had to move back to the mainland.