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15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Ratified on February 3, 1870 -
Frans Ferdinand's assassination
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The completion of the Panama canal
A project first started by the french, but abandoned due to the loss of 21,900. Later the United states took over; who also lost workers about 5,600. Finally completed in the year 1914. -
U.S.A. Enters World war 1/ the great war.
U.S.A. enters world war 1... even though they wanted to remain isolated. Germany was the cause of this. Germany had sent a letter to mexico; known as the zimmerman telegram. The letter talked about, how if Mexico attacked the U.S. Germany promised to return the former Mexican states if they win the war. One of the last reasons the U.S. enetered the war was... due to Germany bombing ships with U.S. citizens. -
19th Admendment
The 19th admendment...
Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Ratified August 18, 1920. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.Of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept responsibility for causing the war. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler's goal intially was to expand germany. Hitler was succeful in taking over poland; during the fall of 1939. He started strong in his quest to become a powerful empire. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan's navy bombs Pearl Harbor. A U.S. navy military base in hawaii. This was the intial reason the U.S. entered ww2. Japan's goal was to take out the main ships used by the U.S. navy. They hoped this would make them weak... incase the U.S. ever joined the war. -
Executive order 9066
Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 gave the military broad powers to ban any citizen from a fifty- to sixty-mile-wide coastal area stretching from Washington state to California and extending inland into southern Arizona. The order also authorized transporting these citizens to assembly centers hastily set up and governed by the military in California, Arizona, Washington state, and Oregon. -
U.S.A. drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On this day, the united states dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima. The goal was to get japan to surrender. The japanese were very persitant. So the united states figured if they showed japan massive fire power; they would surrender. -
U.S.A. drops second atomic bomb on Nagasaki
The United States bombed japan a second time. The first attempt did not get japan to surrender. So once again the U.S. decided to attack with another nuke. -
First U.S.A. military advisors were sent to vietnam.
John F. Kennedy sends military advisors to Vietnam. Goal was to train South Vietnam's troops in order to defeat North Vietnam. He had no intention of sending troops to war. -
March on Washington
An estimated quarter of a million people—about a quarter of whom were white—marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, in what turned out to be both a protest and a communal celebration. No police force was neccessary the event turned out to be a very peaceful time. -
John F. Kennedy's assassination
John F. Kennedy was assissinated douring a tour he was doing. To talk in different states about topics he found important; for example national security, education, and natural resources. Many believe vice president at the time; Lydon B. Johnson hired an assassin so he could come into power. -
First combat troops sent to Vietnam
Lydon B. Johnson more then double the number of troops in vietnam. Even though he had a vision for a great and peaceful society, he still decided war was necessary. -
Martin Luther King's assissination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated late afternoon; of April 4th of the year 1968. He was shot by a sniper while outside of the balcony in his room. At the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. -
Vietnam war ends
South Vietnam surrenders. Ho Chi Minh's vision of a united, communist Vietnam had been realized. The U.S. lost at least 58,119 soldiers. -
U.S. supports Afghanistan from invasion of the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R
The United States then deployed twenty ships to the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea including two aircraft carriers, and there was a constant stream of threats of warfare between the US and Iran. Note: I did not get that exact date but sometime around this. -
U.N. resolution 678
Affirming the commitment of all Member States to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Kuwait and Iraq, and noting the intention expressed by the Member States cooperating with Kuwait under paragraph 2 of resolution 678 (1990) to bring their military presence in Iraq to an end as soon as possible consistent with paragraph 8 of resolution 686 (1991), -
U.N. begins bombing against Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
The air war commenced at 2:38 a.m. (local time) or January 16 at 6:38 p.m. EST due to an 8 hour time difference, with an U.S. Apache helicopter attack. U.S.-led Coalition warplanes attacked Baghdad, Kuwait, and other military targets in Iraq. -
U.N. declares victory in the Persian Gulf War
First U.S. troops arrived home after Iraq accepts the terms of a ceasefire from the U.N. Security Council. This war had many names the gulf war, and an interesting name the video game war.