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Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market crash took place on what people call "Black Tuesday", which was on October 29, 1929. The Crash left millions broke and the country in very big trouble. -
Roosevelt 1st Election
Roosevelt ran for president in 1932. Roosevelt swept the nation to a victorious election with 472 electoral votes to 59. -
CCC
The CCC was part of Roosevelts "New Deal" plan. The CCC was created in 1933 to provide an organization where people without jobs can go work for little but livable money. -
Social Security Act.
Social Security Was made in 1935 as a program to help the elderly people support themselves after being unable to work. Social security is still used today in the United States. -
Germany Breaks the Munich Pact
On September 20, 1938, Germany Broke the Munich Pact. The Munich pact was an agreement between the Nazis and the Allied nations to try and prevent more war. Germany breaks this by having a small war with Czechoslovakia because hitter was trying to Annex them. -
FDR Court packing scandal
In 1937, FDR was packing courts with judges with a similar political agenda so more of his legislature will be passed through the courts. -
HUAC formed
HUAC or House of un-American Activities committee, was a house committee created by Mccarthy to investigate people in the US with communist beliefs or ideologies. Created in 1938 -
Battle Of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a defense of the UK. Germany was bombing constantly on Britain in 1940 and the allied forces did what the could to help Britain stay strong. -
Attack On pearl Harbor
The Attack on pearl harbor in , was the first Attack during WWII on U.S. Soil. Pearl harbor was located in Hawaii and was Bombed by the Japanese. -
Nukes Dropped on Japan
The United states dropped two Nuclear bombs on japan during WWII. The first one was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1942 and the second was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1942. -
D-Day
D-Day was operation overlord which took place on the coast of France. D-Day was when the allied forces fought to take back France by landing on beaches in normandy. -
Creation of the United Nations.
The United nations was created on 1945 and was a international organization to have a place or the ability to have worldwide conferences and international law. -
FDR dies and Truman Becomes president
When FDR died in Truman took over presidency and everyone was a little nervous because FDR kept Truman in the dark on a lot of topics so Truman didn't know what to do. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was the plan to keep communism confined to Russia and China. The United States would aid nations fighting against Communism and spread democracy. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift happened during the cold war and was a big turning point in the war. The Airlift was when the allied forced went over Russias head and aided their own country sections of Berlin. -
Rosenberg trials
The Rosenbergs were accused of espionage for selling nuclear secrets to other countries. At the time treason wasn't an option because the united states weren't in war with Russia yet. -
Korean War
The Korean war was mainly between North and South Korea. China got involved when the fighting got to close to its boarder. The United States got involved to aid south Korea in fighting communism. The was gained and lost nothing other than troops for both sides. -
Brown v Board
Brown v Board was a supreme court case. This case ruled that the "separate but equal" decision from the Plessy vs Ferguson case was unconstitutional and inherently unequal. -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam war, was a war between North and south Vietnam. North Vietnam wanting "one Vietnam" and that Vietnam to be Communist. South Vietnam aided by the U.S. was against Communism and didn't want to have their country run that way. -
STORY: Rosa Parks Incident
on December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a while person on the bus and move to the back. Parks was later arrested and taken to jail. -
STORY: Martin Luther king House Bombed
The Martin Luther King House Bombing was in 1956 and was an act of retaliation by segrogationalists due to the success the of Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the name of the first every satellite to go into orbit. Sputnik was launched by Russia during the cold war. The launch of sputnik was what started the space race. -
Greensbro launch sit ins
The sit-ins were a non violent protest led by black people during the civil right movement. Black people would peacefully sit in places where they were not allowed, protesting the fact that they aren't allowed in. -
Freedom rides
Freedom rides were during the Civil Rights Movement and they aimed to integrate public busses in the south. Throughout the 1960s black men and women would ride busses through the south, sitting where they wanted on the bus. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was a barrier around Berlin made of cement to separate people geographically and ideology. The wall was built in August 13, 1961 around the city of Berlin. -
STORY: Bailey v Patterson
This was a supreme court case that said no state may require racial segregation in 1962. -
STORY: Freedom Summer
Freedom summer marked the summer in 1962 where 5.3% of African Americans were eligible to vote in Mississippi and at the time thats huge. -
Cuban Missle crisis
The Cuban missile crisis is one of the scariest event for the U.S. during the cold war. Russia began to bring nuclear missiles to the country of Cuba. Cuba isn't far off from the United States Giving Russia the capability to Nuke the US. -
STORY: Equal Pay Act
The equal pay act was act started 1963 sought to stop non consistent pay to people based on gender. -
STORY: MLK goes to jail
MLK goes to a Birmingham jail because he was protesting the treatment of black people in birmingham in 1963 and police weren't happy. -
STORY: Kennedy sends in federal troops
Kennedy sends in Federal Troops into bases near Birmingham on June 2, 1963 because civil behavior is getting very out of hand and must be contained. -
STORY: Assassination of Edgar evers
Medgar evers was murdered on June 12, 1963. Evers was black man affiliated with the NAACP whose president was also assassinated. -
March on Washington
The march on washington was a gathering of 250,000 people who were there to hear MLKs "i have a dream" speech. This happened on August 28, 1963. -
STORY: Bombing of Church in Birmingham
The Bombing of a church in Birmingham was the bombing of all the people inside who didn't believe that was going to happed and lots ended up dead. -
JFK Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963. JFK was killed by a man named, Lee Oswald. JFK was killed not even halfway into his first term. -
STORY: Civil rights act of 1964
These acts started on June 2, 1964. These acts were to be put in place to outlaw mistreatment of other basing behavior off of their race. -
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
The gulf on Tonkin resolution was the response by the US after Vietnam had supposedly shot at US ships in the gulf of Tonkin. this happened on August 2nd, 1964. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcom X was a civil right movement leader during the 1960s. Malcom X was assassinated just before he was about to deliver a speech to further the movement for African Americans during the civil rights movement. -
Operation Rolling thunder
Operation Rolling thunder was a mission that dropped more bombs on Vietnam then bombs used by the allies in WWII making it the biggest bomb campaign in history. -
Tet-offensive
Was a offense mounted by the north Vietnamese which showed US public that they weren't winning the war and the United States were lying to the people of their country. -
Assassination of MLK
The Assassination of MLK happened at Lorraine motel in Memphis. MLK was shot by James Earl Ray. Some think this man might have been framed for MLKs murder. -
Woodstock
woodstock was a music festival in 1969 that attracted more than 400,000 people. The festival included art music and other arts in America. -
Vietnam Day
Vietnam day is on march 29th and is celebration and memorial for all the veterans who fought in Vietnam. This is a big deal to some people because the Vietnam war was a long, bloody conflict for the US. -
OJ simpson Trial
O. J. Simpson murder case. Not Guilty in violation of Penal Code Section 187(a), a felony upon Nicole Brown Simpson, a human being. Not Guilty in violation of Penal Code Section 187(a), a felony upon Ronald Lyle Goldman, a human being. -
Y2K
The Y2K Disaster That Never Was. In 1999, everyone was anticipating the arrival of the new millennium. January 1, 2000 was the day that our entire lives were going to be changed. -
9/11
September 11, 2001 marks the day the world trade center was attacked. Both twin towers hit by hijacked planes. Many are skeptical about wether it was an actual terrorist attack or an inside job to create a problem bring our country closer together. -
Donald Trump
Donald Trump became America's president in 2017, with his slogan "make America great again". Many people rallied behind this and many people know what trump is into and are rather scared of his presidency.
