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The U.S. joined WWI after the Zimmermann Telegram was intercepted. -
The 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote. -
The Stock Market crashed, leading to an economic collapse that lasted more than a decade -
In efforts to combat the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt launches a series of domestic programs, public work projects, and financial reforms. -
-The U.S. joined WWII after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. -Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima Nagasaki by the U.S. , leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of WWII in 1945
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The U.S. adopted a policy to contain communism in response to the Soviet Union's efforts to spread communism in Eastern Europe, leading to decades of global tension. -
The Supreme Court ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional, Marked the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement -
Martin Luther King gives his “I Have A Dream” speech in front of approximately 250,000 people -
President JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. -
The collapse of the Berlin Wall symbolized the end of the Cold War. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that the Florida recount process violated the Equal Protection Clause because it lacked uniform standards. The presidential election was decided by the Supreme Court in favor of George W. Bush