US History B Timeline

  • US History B Timeline

    Revolutionized transportation, allowing more affordable vehicles for the everyday American.
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    Zimmerman Telegram

    A secret communication that revealed Germany's proposal for Mexico to attack the U.S. helping to push the United States into World War I
  • WWI Armistice

    Ended fighting during World War I by leading a treaty of Versailles. "This would help cause future wars"
  • 19th Amendment

    Allowed women to vote in the United States. Becoming a major milestone for gender equality.
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    Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    The first solo nonstop transatlantic flight
  • Black Thursday

    The start of the Stock market crashes, leading to Wall Street to crash and the Great Depression due to economic hardship
  • New Deal

    A series of reforms
    and relief efforts that were focused on the Great Depression. Expanding the Federal Government's role in economic welfare.
  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Enabled Nazi consolidation of power, which led to dictatorship and suppression of opposition. This led to World War II
  • Munich Pact

    Exemplified appeasement policy. This allowed Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland and failed to prevent the war
  • Invasion of Poland

    Germany's Invasion of Poland, starting World War II in Europe, and what came from it
  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese attack on the United States. "Caused the United States to join World War II"
  • D-Day

    The Largest amphibious invasion in History. This helped to open the Western Front and carried great importance in liberating Europe from Nazi control
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    Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombing

    The First Nuclear Atomic Bomb used in war. It was dropped on Hiroshima Nagasaki, causing the Japanese Empire to surrender "The only Nuclear Atomic Bomb dropped to this day"
  • Formation of United Nations

    The establishment of the United Nations. "An organization made to keep peace, cooperation, and human rights."
  • The Long Telegram

    An influential cable made by U.S diplomat George F. Kennan, showing the Soviet Union as a threat, shaping the Cold War's Containment Policy
  • Formation of NATO

    The Founding of NATO, created by Western military alliances to fight against the Soviet Union threat, marked the Foundation of Cold War security.
  • Russians Acquire the Atomic Bomb

    The end of the development and testing of the Soviet Union's "Joe-1", making the Soviet Union the 2nd country with an atomic bomb. This ended the U.S nuclear monopoly, escalating the Cold War arms race."
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    Korean War

    The First Major Cold War Proxy against South North Korea and their allies, "North Korea, with their allies of the Soviet Union as well as China. South Korea, with the United Nations, led by the United States."
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional, ending school segregation
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    Vietnam War

    A Cold War conflict between the U.S and Vietnam "ended in U.S defeat and communist victory, to this day the United States' longest conflict."
  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus. "This act got her arrested, but sparked the Montgomery bus Boycott, as well as nonviolent protests."
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    Cuban Missile Crisis

    A 13-day Nuclear warhead standoff between the U.S and Soviet Union Governments, "the closest the World has been to a Nuclear War and Nuclear Armageddon"
  • JFK’s Assassination

    The Assassination of John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. "Changing major parts of the president's security and ending the Camelot Era."
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gave President Johnson the broad war powers. "Escalating U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War"
  • Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The First Human Moon Landing: "Winning the Space Race against the Soviet Union."
  • Watergate Break-ins

    A Scandal Exposed of the Nixon administration abuses. "This led to resignation and reforms in government accountability."
  • Nixon’s Resignation

    The first presidential resignation amid the Watergate scandal
  • The Invention of the Internet

    The adoption of TCP/IP from ARPANET marked the start of the Internet
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War Division, leading to the German reunification and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • 9/11 Attacks

    The Deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, creating War and Terror, "changing the United States security, and History forever.
  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    A Global health crisis caused by the "Coronavirus" caused Millions of deaths, caused economic disruption, and advances in vaccines. Has the 5th greatest death toll."