US History II

Women's Suffrage

Feb 1, 1920

Women granted the right to vote

First commercial radio broadcast

Nov 2, 1920

First commercial radio broadcast was aired.

League of Nations Established

Nov 15, 1920

League of Nations was born

Tea Pot Dome Scandal

Apr 15, 1922

oil scandal

Mussolini Marches on Rome

Oct 22, 1922

Mussolini led troops into Rome

First Olympic Winter Games

Jan 25, 1924

First year of the Winter Olympic Games

Scopes (Monkey) Trial

Jul 10, 1925

Scopes was sued for teaching evolution in a public school.

Babe Ruth makes Homerun Record

Sep 30, 1927

Babe Ruth clinches the all-time homerun record

Great Depression Begins

Oct 26, 1929

Great Depression caused by stock market crash

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crash

Gandhi's Salt March

Mar 12, 1930

Act of civil disobedience in India, led by Mohandas Gandhi

Official U.S. Anthem

Mar 3, 1931

United States officially gets an anthem

Amelia Earhart Flight

May 20, 1932

Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic ocean

First Nazi Concentration Camp

Jan 1, 1933

Hitler creates first Nazi concentration camp

Dust Bowl

May 16, 1934

Dust cloud creates a drought leaving farmers unable to grow crops

Nuremburg Laws

Sep 15, 1935

Germany's anti-Jewish laws

Hoover Dam

Jan 15, 1936

Hoover Dam was completed

Hindenburg Disaster

May 6, 1937

A giant blimp, The Hindenburg, goes up in flames

Einstein Contacts FDR

Aug 2, 1939

Albert Einstein contacts FDR about building an atomic bomb.

WWII Begins

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Pland and WWII starts

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

German air raid on Britain lasting 3 months

Leon Trotsky Assassinated

Aug 21, 1940

Leader of the Red Army was assassinated

Rudolf Hess Flies to England

May 10, 1941

Nazi Rudolf Hess flies to England to negotiate a peace agreement

Jeep Created

Jul 16, 1941

The Jeep is created

Siege of Leningrad

Sep 8, 1941

Prolonged military operation performed by Germany which failed.

Mount Rushmore Completed

Oct 31, 1941

Mount Rushmore Memorial was finished

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese attack US Naval base in Pearl Harbor

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

One of the most important naval battles of WWII

Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding

Jul 5, 1942

Anne Frank goes into hiding after getting a phone call from someone about Nazi invading.

Manhattan Project Begins

Jul 24, 1942

Top Secret plan to build a nucleear bomb begins

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Nazis tried to take over Soviet city, Stalingrad, but failed

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Jan 10, 1943

Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

Italy joins Allies

Aug 10, 1943

Americans invade Italy and Italy surrenders to join the allies

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

US troops invade Normandy

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan

Aug 6, 1945

US drops atomic bomb Hiroshima. Drops a second 3 days later in Nagasaki

Hydrogen Bomb Construction

Jan 31, 1950

Truman orders construction of hydrogen bomb.

McCarthyism Begins

Mar 29, 1950

McCarthy "witch hunt" of communists begins

Korean War Begins

Jun 25, 1950

North and South Korea begin a war

End of WWII

Oct 19, 1951

Truman sign treaty with Japan ending WWII

Polio Vaccine

Oct 22, 1952

Polio Vaccine discovered

Stalin Dies

Mar 5, 1953

Former Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin dies at age 74

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg

Jun 19, 1953

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed for suspected espionage.

Cancerous Cigarettes

Jan 4, 1954

Report claims that cigarettes cause cancer.

Segregation Ruled Illegal

May 17, 1954

Segregation is ruled illegal in the US.

Warsaw Pact Signed

May 14, 1955

Eastern European Alliance

Emmett Till Murdered

Aug 28, 1955

14 year old African American boy kidnapped and mugged to death in Mississippi.

Rosa Parks Bus

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

Elvis on Ed Sullivan

Sep 9, 1956

Elvis' controversial performance on Ed Sullivan Show

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

Soviets launch first satellite into earths orbit.

NASA Founded

Jul 29, 1958

National Aeronautics and Space Administration created.

Walsh and Piccard

Jan 23, 1960

Walsh and Piccard explored the deepest par tof the earths ocean.

Debates on TV

Nov 8, 1960

First Presidential debates held on television.

Peace Corps Founded

Mar 1, 1961

The Peace Corps is a group of people who travel to underdeveloped countries teaching them the essentials in life

First man in space

Apr 12, 1961

Soviet launch Yuri Gagarin into space

Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

USA invades Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Castro.

Berlin Wall Built

Aug 13, 1961

Wall built between East and West Berlin

Silent Spring

Sep 27, 1962

Rachel Carson's book on harmful effects of pestisides.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

Soviets insert medium range offensive nuclear missiles into Cuba

Hotline Established

Jun 20, 1963

Direct phone line between the US and USSR

JFK Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

President Kennedy Shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald

US sends troops to Vietnam

Aug 2, 1964

US military troops go into Vietnam

Warren Report on JFK Assassination

Sep 24, 1964

Warren Commission gives final report on JFK assassination.

Mass Draft Protests

May 5, 1965

Massive protests begin arising against the draft

First Heart Transplant

Dec 3, 1967

First successful adult heart transplant

Manson Family Murders

Apr 3, 1969

Charles Manson convinced his heavily drugged group of followers to kill

Kent State Shootings

May 4, 1970

The National Guard opens fire on a student protest against the Vietnam War, killing four.