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Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip.
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Austria-Hungary declared wa on Serbia.
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With the Schleiffen Plan, Germany invades Belgium, in order to take over Paris, France.
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At the Marne River in France, the french halted the german troops from advancing into France.
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A U-boat open fires and sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland.
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After sink British liner, the Arabic, Germany forces promised not to sink any more passenger ships.
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Woodrow Wilson won, because "he kept us out of war."
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Gemany broke its promise by torpedoeding an unarmed French passenger steamer, the Sussex.
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A bloody battle with about 1.2 milllon British and German soldiers died. On the first day the British lost 60,000 men.
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Tanks, flamethrowers, and poison gas were all weapons used in WWI. Tanks made a big impact, because you could travel much safer and create more damage. Poison gas was probably one of the most useful weapon used in the war. It could make people blind and put a blanket of gas over a battle field hiding you from the enemy.
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American joins the war, because of the Zimmerman Note and Lusitania sinking.
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It was for men to go to WWI at a young age. There were 2,810,296 people who were Inducted into the war.
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When the Allies and Germany agreed to end the war
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$185,533,637,000 Equivalent to $3,900,473,000,000 today was spent on WWI. There were 35 million casualities in WWI.
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It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Germany would be the fault and pay for the war.
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Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover and their agents hunted down suspected communist, socialists, and anarchists.
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The steel mill strick ended, terms where met by the steel companies to improve working conditions and shorter work days.
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18th amendment went into effect to stop transportation, sale, manufacture of alcohol.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested and charged with robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts.
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The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 set up a quota system. which set a max limit on how many people from foreign countries are allowed to enter America
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The Ku Klux Klan's membership reaches 4.5 million people in America.
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Tennessee passed law stating that it was a crime to teach evolution.
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John Scopes trail began and became an overnight sensation.
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Flappers started to join dance competitions such as the Charleston Dance Competition.
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Sacco and Vanzetti are executed by way of the eletric chair.
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Stock Market craash on Black Tuesday signaled the beginning of the great depression.
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President Hoover was authorized to build the Boulder Dam( Hoover Dam)
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act was created to protect farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition.
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Due to over growing crops in the west loose soil and dirt was blown up into the sky blocking out the sun and decreasing visiblity to none.
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400,000 farms lost due to foreclosure.
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11,000 of the 25,000 nation's banks failed and closed.
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2,600 schools across america shut down, leaving 300,000 students out of school.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a third term
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This Battle lead to Germany taking over Paris and gainning control of France
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Italy joined into the war soon after Germany took of Paris. They declared war on Britian and France
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the battle of Britain begins
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the US Senate passes the Lend-Lease Act
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Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
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forced 63-mile march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese during World War II
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successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the Russian S.F.S.R. during World War II
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the United States and the United Kingdom attacked Normandy beach. also known as D-Day, was the very first day of this massive amphibious invasion, which brought thousands of ships, tanks, planes, and troops across the English Channel
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hundreds of German tanks and several hundred thousand German troops broke through the thinly held American lines
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meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization
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30,000 US marines land on Iwo Jima. many deaths result in this
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marks the victorty for allies in world war II. celebrated the end of the war in Europe
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The Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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the atomic bomb "fat man" was dropped on Nagasaki as final attemps for Japanese to surrender
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japanese surrender to the allied powers agreeing to all of their terms, ending world war II
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The Korean War begins.
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joseph stalin dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 73
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Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president.
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The Soviet Union sets off its first hydrogen bomb, adding to the risk of nuclear war.
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USSR opens the first small nucler power plant.
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Several satellite nations along with the Soviet Union signed this agreement.
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Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald's.
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Gain control of the communist party and posed a threat to europe and the world.
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Interstate highway system begins with the signing of the Federal-Aid Highway Act.
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A war over the suez canal that began aganist france and great britian and egypt.
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Hungary began to revolt against the Soviet Union, but was brutally put to an end.
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This year is the height of the baby boom.
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The first man made satellite to be launched into space.
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The U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I.
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Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states.
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J.F.K. was elected president and launched "The New Frontier."
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The Soviets had shot down an American spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers.
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Yuri Gagrin is the first human that reaches outer space.
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Kennedy apporved the plan to train Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.
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Nikita Khrushchev decided to build a wall to seperate East and West Berlin to mantain communism.
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The US extented its lands into the U.S Virgin Islands when President Kennedy proclaimed the Buck Island Reef as a National Monument.
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He became the first U.S astronaut in orbit in the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. He went around the Earth three times before returning.
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America became terrified after learning that the Soviet Union had nuclear weapons ready to launch from Cuba.
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On this fateful day,J.F.K. was shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Johnson is elected president in his own right after being sworn into office after J.F.K's assasination.
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A legislation was passed in Congress that banned discrimination in work places, and voting.
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Congress passed this act to create several government programs to help the needy.
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He spoke at a Civil Rights rally on the courthouse steps of the Alabama State Capitol.
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Was signed by United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, to take effect on October 10, 1967.
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Neil Armstrong, United States astronaut, becomes the first man to set foot on the moon four days after launch from Cape Canaveral.
