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The invention of the Model T
The first production of Model T Ford was completed. -
The Zimmerman Telegraph
This was a telegraph sent to Mexico from Governor Zimmerman of a city in Germany. It said that Mexico should be allies with Germany and in return Germany will help Mexico regain some of their territory that was lost to America in the Mexican-American War. Of course, America wasn't too happy about that. -
The WWI Armistice
The end of WWI. -
The 19th Amendment
Women's right to vote. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
The first transatlantic fligtht plane took off of the dust road in Long Island. -
Black Thursday
Wall Street Crashed -
The New Deal
Roosevelts new deal was a response to the fallout following the economic crash from Black Thursday. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Hilter is named Chancellor of Germany. -
The Munich Pact
This permitted Nazi Germany to annex portions of Czechoslovakia -
Hitler Invades Poland
Germany Invades Poland. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a Japnanese attack on Americans, continuing the war. This was to cripple our navy so we couldnt get to them, and supremecy of the pacific ocean. -
The formation of United Nations
On January 1st, 1942, twenty-six nations that were allied against the Axis powers met in Washington D.C. to sign the Declaration of the United Nations. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Union, Stallin and his men, had stolen the plans for how to make an atom bomb through some espionage against the American, British and Candian alliance, and then did a series of tests to perfect the bomb, and then threaten the Allied Powers and the world, leading the world into the Cold War. -
D-day
The invasion of Europe in Normandy by the Axis Powers, or the Allies. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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The Long Telegram
George Kennan wrote the Long Telegram that outlined his views of the Soviets, and the telegram arrived in Washington D.C. on February 22nd, 1946. -
The formation of NATO
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) that was formed after the fear of communism spreading to th Western nations grew to much for the United States and eleven other nations to handle, so NATO was formed agasint communism, and the Warsaw Pact was later formed against NATO. -
The Korean War
The Korean War and lasted longer than the lifetime of the KW but did not have nearly as much or any casualties. the Cuban Missile Crisis, which was a direct confrontation between The United States and the Soviet Union was one of the most sobering moments in modern history, because it came close to and all out nuclear conflict. This would not only effect the US or the Societ Union, but the world. -
Brown v Board of Education
This is the case that determined that segregating schools is unconsitiuional. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks was tipping point in a series of African American already refusing to move out of there seats, she was the one that made the fight against segregation stick and almost stay stuck. -
JFK’s Assassination
Over the years, this unfornaute accident or deliberate murder, has been shrouded in mystery and deceit. However we now know that a man named, Lee Hrvey Oswald killed JFK, not a conspiracy. For more info, go here: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Communist of Vietnamese caught a US spy ship spying on them and we ordered them to give the spy ship back, but they did not have to give it back but were cornered by the US, but did not surrender. This lead to the US being heavley in the Vietnam War, but did not stay involved for the duration of the War. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." -
The Watergate Break-ins
The Watergate Break-ins or the Watergate Scandal was a break-in by the NIxon Admistraion, which were caught attempting to wire tape calls and steal top secret documents for Nixon's reelcetion campaign. The Nixon Admiinstration attempted, and eventually failed to hide this break-in from the US and the press. -
Nixon’s Resignation
After the Watergate Break-in, there were grounds for Nixon to be impeached, so instead of taking his mpeachment, he resigned from office. -
The Vietnam War
1953-1982. The US involment in this war spanned from 1964-1975 -
The invention of the Internet
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
This was essentially the end of the Cold War. "Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall." -
9/11 Attacks
This was a terrorst attack on the Twin Towers in New York, which is now a ground zero memorial, and the Pentagon.
Never forget.
My mom was at home watching the mroning show and folding laundry.
It was two years before my little sister was born. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis (Refer to description in Koren War)
