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History from 1914-1919
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Ferdinand and wife were assassinated by Gavrillo Princip.
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Germany declares war against Russia and France.
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Great Britian declares war against gremany and Austria-Hungary.
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German U-boats sink the Lusitania killing 1,198 people.
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Russia withdraws from Wold War I.
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Battle of Verdun and Somme claims million of lives.
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Woodrow Wilson is reelected for president.
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Russia withdraws from World war I.
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Selective Service Act sets up the draft.
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Woodrow Wilson purposes the League of Nations.
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The Sedition Act is passed by Congress
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Kills over 30 million people.
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The first World War ended.
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Nineteenth Amendment was approved granting women the right to vote.
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Britain, France, Italy and Russia sign the treaty to end war.
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The name for Pluto was chosen by an 11-year old British school girl named Venetia Burney.Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld.August of 2006 its was disqualified of being a planet in our solar system because its orbit overlapped Neptune’s.
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The Star Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America.The Star Spangled Banner was created by Francis Scott Key.The song is used for lots of occasions like National Holidays, festivals, and they also use it before sports events
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the Japanese forces followed all 693 miles of the South Manchurian Railway through China. They captured essentially every city along this railway within days.
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The 21st amendment was passed, ending prohibition
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once known as Boulder Dam It is a concrete arch-gravity, This Dam is located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River.It was constructed durning the Great Depressed.It was dedicated by Franklyn D Roosevelt.This Dam was created to control floods.
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Soical Security is and act that was created by a committee chaired by Secretary of labor Frances Perkins. Aid to families with dependent childern and disabled.
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H was attempting to dock at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey after crossing the Atlantic. A fire from an unknown source caused the gas-filled aircraft to completely go up in flames. 35 people died in the air and one on the ground. This was the first tragedy of its kind to be so widely covered in newsreels, photographs, and radio.indenburg was the first passenger-carrying airship of its kind.
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started building the golden gate bridge on January 5, 1933 and they were finished on May 28, 1937.During construction, 19 men almost got killed and the safety net under the bridge saved them.The Golden gate bridge is one of the longest bridges in the world it is 4,200 feet long and 1,280 meters long.
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This was the first color film.
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Upon Germany's invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany. They attempted to fight Germany over Poland, but could not stop the Germans and Soviets from taking it. ermany captured Denmark and Norway, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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Roosvelt is reelected for the third time.
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Hitler invades the Soviet Union
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The United States offically enter World War II
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Japan bombs Pearl Habor.
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Rommel's force North Africa to surrender.
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Zoot-Suit riots in Los Angeles
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Allies launch massive invasion on Europe.
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Roosevelt is elected for the fourth term.
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Approximately 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in the battle.
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Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman becomes the president.
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The Korean War begins
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Disc jockey Alan Freed is the first to use the term "rock n roll" on the air.
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The korean war cease fire is signed.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott begins.
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Suez Canal crisis occurs in Egypt.
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Soviets crush uprising in Hungary.
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School desegregation crisis occurs in Little Rock,Arkansas
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Soviets launch Sputnik 1.
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Alasksa and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states.
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Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.
