US History B Timeline

By MaraniaJ
  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    The Zimmerman Telegram

  • The WWI Armistice

    A ceasefire that stopped fighting between the allies and Germany in WW1
  • The invention of the Model T

    The invention of the Model T

  • The 19th Amendment

    Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, in 1919, and it was ratified on August 18, 1920. The amendment granted women the right to vote

  • Black Thursday

    The first day of the stock market crash
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany and ruled until his death

  • The Munich Pact

    The Munich pact was an agreement that made by Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France saying that Czechoslovakia had to surrender its border regions and defenses to Germany.

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    This invasion marked the beginning of World War 2

  • Pearl Harbor

    It was a surprise attack from the Japanese Navy on the pacific fleet in Hawaii that killed 2400 and injured 1100
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    D-day was an allied invasion on Normandy, France.

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    The atomic bombings of Hiroshima Nagasaki was the first use of Nuclear weapons in war
  • The formation of United Nations

    The formation of United Nations

  • The Long Telegram

  • The formation of NATO

    NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was created by the US, Canada and other Western European territories to provide security against the Soviet Union

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    The Soviet Union acquired their first atomic bomb through espionage

  • The Korean War

    The Korean War was a conflict between North and South Korea that happened from 1950 to 1953

  • Brown v Board of Education

    The Brown v Board of Education was a case that ruled that Racial segregation in school was unconstitutional
  • The Vietnam war

    The Vietnam war

    1955-1975

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and because of her act of protest she helped to end racial segregation on public facilities

  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    This was the very first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis

  • JFK’s Assassination

    JFK’s Assassination

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    When President Lyndon B. Johnson was given the authority to increase the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    This was the first time people actually landed on the moon.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

    It was a burglary in 1972 at a Hotel in DC that led to a massive corruption investigation and president Nixons resignation
  • Nixon’s Resignation

    Nixon’s Resignation

  • The invention of the Internet

    Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn developed the foundation for how data is transferred across networks, creating what we call the modern internet
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists highjacked 4 commercial airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people it remains the worst, and saddest terrorist attack on American Soil

  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    It’s crazy that this is part of history because I feel like it just happened. As I’m guessing you already know, Covid 19 was a pandemic that started in 2020 and ended in may 2023