US history Timeline major events 1900s

By hfarley@twu.edu
  • Start of World War 1

    Start of World War 1

    Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Women can vote
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Stock market crashes
  • New Deal

    New Deal

    Pulling America out of the Great Depression.
  • Start of World War Two

    Start of World War Two

    Invasion of Poland
  • Pearl Harbor Attacks

    Pearl Harbor Attacks

    United states declares war on Japan.
  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education

    Racial segregation in school is deemed unconstitutional.
  • I Have a Dream

    I Have a Dream

    MLK jr. gives his iconic " I Have a Dream" speech.
  • Kennedys Assassination

    Kennedys Assassination

    J.F.K is assonated in Dallas TX.
  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing

    NASA puts man on the moon.