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Germans stop Russian advance
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Killedby Gavrilo Princip
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Austria declares war after the assasination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium
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Allied forces defeated in bid to establish a supply route to Russia
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The Luistania is sank by a torpedo
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Germany begins to negotiate for an armistice with the Allies.
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It enabled people to be connected to the world and instantly up to date on current events around the world.
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Rebellious fashion used by women with short bob haircuts, short skirts and sometimes hats.
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The traffic light was invented by William Potts
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The Prohibition outlawed the selling, making, owning or having anything to do with alcohol.
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Warren Harding convinced the secretary of the navy to give him control of the oil fields. Harding leased the Teapot Dome to various companies.
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The Bull Dozer was invented by Benjamin Holt
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Law that limited the number of immigrants who could be in the United States from any country to 2 percent.
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It was created by a professional stuntman Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly. It literally meant sitting on top of a flagpole.
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The KKK has a record of using terrorism, violence, and lynching to murder and oppress African Americans, Jews and other minorities.
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This movie starring Al Jolson was the first "Talkie"
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Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs to set the record
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Flew across the Atlantic Ocean to France for the first time
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Made cutting and eating bread more convienent
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Clarence Birdseye invented frozen food.
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South Side gang led by Al Capone shot and killed seven members of the north side irish gang led by Bugs Moran.
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This treaty was signed and World War 1 had ended
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Hoover threatens to increase taxes by 40%
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Japan and Great Britain agree to limitations on warships and battleships
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Pluto was named and officially declared a planet
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Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion
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Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the United States.
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The Congress passed the minimun wage law was passed for .33 cents.
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The FCC regulated all broadcasting.
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Adolf was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He started world war two
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Retired people would receive money after retirement
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He was the first American to win 4 gold medals in the olympics.
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This was the largest blimp of the time, and it crashed dring landing.
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This law brought in the Child Labor Laws
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This invasion is the begining of World War 2
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Started on September 1, 1939 when Poland was invaded by Germany
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The U.S. Congress approves the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of possible American involvement in WW2.
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FDR won his third presidential election
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The U.S. passed a bill to supply Allies with all nedded things.
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Mount Rushmore is completed
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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Naval battle between U.S. and japan
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Research and devolpement program, by the U.S. with Canada, to produce first atomic bomb.
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Invasion on Normandy
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Provided a range of benifits for returning WWII veterans
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Harry Truman is elected for his first term as president
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Germany signed an unconditional surrender at allied headquarters in Reims, France.
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, then later on Nagasaki
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National Basketball Association is founded
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Cold War begins
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Harry Truman begins 2nd term as president
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was murdered for flirting with a white woman in Mississippi
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John F. Kennedy won the election against Nixon on the Democratic side with a very narrow amount of votes.
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Kennedy gave permission to train Cuban exiles and launch a failed attack on Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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Berlin Wall was built after Kennedy denied the treaty making the division between eastern and western Berlin permanent
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Kennedy found Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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SCLC organized a protest that resulted in severe violence amongst the many young demonstrators and the police.
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When Kennedy was assassinated and announced dead, Lyndon Johnson became the 36th president on the United States.
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President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas, Texas by a gunman who was believed to be Lee Harvey Oswald.
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This was a piece of legislation that outlawed major forms of discrimination African Americans and women.
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outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as the poll tax and the literacy test.
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Richard Nixon was elected into office after Lyndon Johnson
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Martin Luther King, Jr, a major civil rights movement leader, was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Robert Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles, California after winning primary elections for the Democratic nomination for president
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This amendment was passed in order to ensure equality between men and women.
