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Franz Ferdinand killed
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invaded Belguim as a faster way to get to Paris and take over France, only to be met by heavy resisitance from a small Belguim army. -
German U-Boat sunk British Liner
A German U-Boat attacked a Brtish Liner and sunk it in a huge disaster off the coast of Ireland. -
Battle of Sommewhich
Was one of the longer battles; Was trench warfare with a high casualty rate. -
US discovers new shipping
The US discovered a new way to sends ship, they figured out that if you send a large group and the U-boats wouldnt be able to take them out. -
President Wilson gives his speech
US President gives a speech in front of senators, representatives, and ambassadors on what his solution for the war was. -
Select Service Act
This act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for the military. -
United States joins the fight
United states declared war against the Central Powers -
Cantigny
US troops filled gaps between Fench and British troops durring a German offensive. -
US deployed ships
The US deployed 95 ships. The government took over commercial and private ships and converted them for military use. -
The War Ends
The war ends after the countries in the Central Powers signed the Armistice agreements. -
Officer York
Officer York killed 25 Germans, and 6 doughboys , he also captured 132 Prisoners, all with just a rifle and a revolver. -
Austria-Hungary surrenders
Austria-Hungary surrendered to the allied forces in the same day that Germany mutinied against its government. -
The war ends
Germany agreed to a cease fire and signed the a truce that ended the war. -
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungrary was broke up into smaller countries -
Prohibiton
The legislature passes the 18th amendment which bans alcohol -
Broadway shows
Broadway shows are starting to become more and more popular -
KKK Grows in size and power
The KKK reached over 4,000,000 members -
John Scopes
John Scopes is put on trial for teaching evolution in the classroom and for going against the cruch -
Model A
The Moodel A was released into the market and was massly produced -
First Public flight
The first tickets for a flight were sold in Michigan -
Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashed leaving many people without money or jobs -
Black Tuesday
The bottom fell out of the country and it also caused the confidence of the country to go with it -
Banks failing
600 bankcs closed -
Hoover struggles
The current president Herbert Hoover struggles to recover the country. -
Boulder Damn
Was the biggest dam ever constructed. Was part of a $700 million public works plan. -
The New Deal
The new hope for the United states presented by Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Bonus Army
A group of military men were promissed a cash bonus and never recieved it. -
Roosevelt Wins
Franklin Roosevelt wins Presidency -
Schools shutting down
2,600 schools shut down leaving 300,000 students without education -
No more Prohibition
Legislature passes the 21st amendment which makes alcohol leagel -
Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was caused by the over farming of land and a drought and the wind blew dirt everywhere -
Gaermany invades Poland
Once they took over Poland, France and Britain joined in to help. Thus creating WWII -
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
The Japanese surprised the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor with a bombing mission, with over 2700 American Casualties. -
US declares war
US declares war on Japan the day after the attack of Pearl Harbor -
Mass killing oof Jews
Jews were placed into gas chambers which they were killed in. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad began -
D-Day
General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. The armies fought their way through France and Belgium and into Germany while Russian troops fought from the east. -
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
He commited suicide because he wouldve rather taken his own life than be captured and put to justice -
Hiroshima
The Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, killing about 78,000 people and injuring 100,000 more -
Nagasaki
a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, killing another 40,000 people. -
United Nations is born
The United Nations were created to limit the chance of another WW ever happening again -
The Rosenburgs
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg become the first US citizens executed for espionage and giving away Nuclear Secrets to the Soviets. -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw Pact was agreed on by the Soviet Union which now made them have a much larger area. This area included the countries that surounded Soviet Russia. -
Jonas Salk
Salk is the first man to discover a successfull vaccine for Polio. -
Nikita Khrushchev
Once he took over in the USSR it became very clear that he wanted to spread communism rapidly throughout Europe. -
Revolution in Hungary
Hungary attempted to break away from communism and become a democracy, but the Soviet Union stopped that with a brutal attack on them. -
USSR wins the space race
The Soviet Union's first Sputnik satellite successfully made it into space, making them the winners of the space race against he United States. -
Television Debate
The televison debate was a very crucial moment for the election of 1960 because the US got to see the canidates and noticed how much more presentable JFK looked than Nixon. -
Vietnam War
The beginnng on the Vietnam conflict -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built to divide East and West Germany so they could stop the spread of democracy. -
Tsar Bomb
The Tsar Bomba was the largest bomb to ever be exploded -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union had placed Nuclear Missiles in Cuba, well within strikning distance of the United States. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. lead a group of civil right activists on a march through Washington DC demanding equal rights for Blacks. -
Hotline
Hotline was established between Moscow and Washington -
Limited test ban treaty
Treaty that restricts the testing of Nuclear Missiles above ground -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X. Assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam in New York City. There is a dispute about which members killed Malcolm X. -
Bloody Sunday
After the Civil Rights act had been passed, a white man had joined in the marches and was beaten to death. -
MLK Assasination
MLK was assinated for his actions with the civil rights movement. -
Robert Kennedy Assassination
JFK's brother was assassinated. -
Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong was the first person to land on the moon, -
Woodstock
The notorious Woodstock Festival is held August 15 - 17 at a 600 acre farm in Woodstock, New York
