U.S. History class timeline By casbartman Period: Oct 27, 1870 to Oct 27, 1914 Second Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1890 The Progressive Movement Oct 27, 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson Oct 24, 1898 Spanish American war Sep 6, 1901 McKinley Assassination Sep 6, 1901 TR Prsident Period: Sep 6, 1901 to Oct 24, 1909 TR President Jan 1, 1906 "The Jungle" book comes out Oct 24, 1908 Model T starts production Period: Oct 24, 1909 to Oct 24, 1913 Taft President Period: Oct 24, 1913 to Oct 24, 1921 Wilson President Jun 28, 1914 Arch Duke Ferdinand Assassination Aug 15, 1914 Panama Canal completed May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Nov 7, 1916 Wilson re-elected Jan 16, 1917 Zimmerman Note Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Mar 22, 1933 Prohibition Aug 20, 1920 Women's sufferage, 19th Amendment Period: Oct 27, 1920 to Oct 27, 1929 Roaring 20's Period: Oct 27, 1921 to Oct 27, 1923 Warren G. Harding Presidency Period: Oct 27, 1923 to Oct 27, 1929 Coolidge Presidency Feb 14, 1929 Valentines Day Massecre Oct 29, 1929 Black Tuesday Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt President/ start of "New Deal" Aug 14, 1935 Social Security Program Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Jun 6, 1944 D-day Apr 30, 1945 Hitler death Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima "little boy" dropped Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki "fat man" dropped Period: Oct 27, 1945 to Oct 27, 1989 Cold War Period: Oct 27, 1946 to Oct 27, 1964 Baby Boomers Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Mar 5, 1953 Death of Stalin Oct 27, 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks bus incident Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Oct 27, 1957 Littlerock Nine Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Oct 27, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 28, 1963 MLK "I have a dream" speach Nov 22, 1963 JFK Assassination Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act Period: Aug 2, 1964 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Assassination Apr 4, 1968 MLK Assassination Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Concert Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Hotel Breakin Oct 27, 1973 OPEC Oil Crisis Aug 8, 1974 Nixon Resigns