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1882 - John D. Rockefeller
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Standard-Oil The firm of rockefeller, andrews, and flager was opporating the largest oil refineries in cleveland and the related facilities became that property of the new Standard Oil Company. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plessy-v-Ferguson-1896 The ¨seprate but equal¨ doctrine for assesing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws. This was the first major inquiry to the fourteenth amendments equal protection laws. This will keep states from denying ¨equel protection of the laws¨. -
1906 - Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection – set food quality standards
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Meat-Inspection-Act Legislation signed by president Roosevelt that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products such as food and ensured that livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditons, also to inspect all livestock before it was sold -
1914 - World War I begins in Europe
international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. -
1919 - Treaty of Versailles
peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919; it took force on January 10, 1920. -
1929 - Stock Market Crash -'Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression
a sharp decline in U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Great Depression lasted approximately 10 years and affected both industrialized and nonindustrialized countries in many parts of the world. -
Social Security Act
This established funds for the unemployed and elderly -
Battle of Midway
U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific -
Atomic Bomb
U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) - Japan surrenders -
United Nations
Created the 51 founding nations -
"Iron Curtain"
division of Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe -
Desegregation of Military
Harry Truman orders desegregation of military -
Korean war begins
U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
Brown vs. Board
overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional -
Rosa parks
Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up seat on bus to whites; sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott -
USSAR
launches first satellite in space -- Sputnik -
1st televised Presidential debate
JFK vs. Nixon (JFK wins); JFK president 1960 -
Berlin Wall
divides East and West Berlin (East was communist) -
Cuban Missile
standoff b/n U.S. and USSR after Soviets placed missiles in Cuba pointed at the United States; no fighting incurs -
1963
speech given by MLK - speech for civil rights -
CIvil Rights Act
bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places -
Malcom X ( Nation of Islam)
blamed whites for African American problems; assassinated -
Pentagon Papers
7,000 page document outlining U.S. government plan in Vietnam; shows gov't was not telling the truth to the public. -
U.S. withdraws from Vietnam
North Vietnam overtakes South after departure -
Resigns from Impeachment
President Richard Nixon resigns to avoid impeachment; Gerald Ford President - pardons Nixon; Ford is only President never voted into office. -
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter elected President of the United States -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan becomes President -
Strategic Defense Initiative
space based missile defense proposed -
U.S. bombs libya
bombs Libya for supporting Palestinians -
Osama Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden found Islamist group Al Qaeda -
Berlin Wall Falls
(Reagan feels its U.S.'s greatest accomplishment of the era) -
Janet Reno
Bill Clinton President; appoints Janet Reno first female attorney general -
9/11
series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. -
Bali bombings in Bali
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack killed 202 people. A further 209 people were injured. -
Department of Homeland Security
This was established after the 9/11 bombings as the newest member of the cabinet with the goal to secure America -
Hurricane Katrina
a large Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the costliest tropical cyclone on record and is now tied with 2017's Hurricane Harvey. -
Barack Obama
56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -
Donald trump
Donald Trump elected President of The 45th U.S. (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ) -
Riot on the Capitol
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was stormed during a riot and violent attack against the U.S. Congress. -
Biden Presidency
After many heated debates Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States -
The start of Trump's impeachment
The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of the impeachment trial on January 25 by delivering to the Senate the charge against Trump. ... Ultimately, 57 senators voted "guilty" and 43 senators voted "not guilty", resulting in Trump being acquitted of the charge on February 13, 2021.
