US History Semester 2

By Nora Foster

  • The Invention of the Model T

    First production of the Model T Ford

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    A telegram from the German's to Mexico that said if Mexico would ally with Germany they could get back the land they lost in the Mexican-American War

  • WW1 Armistice

    The armistice was signed by Germany on the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th hour.

  • The 19th Ammendment

    Women finally gained the right to vote

  • Charles Lindburgh's Flight

    At age 25, he landed the Spirit of St.Louis near Paris.

  • Black Thursday

    New York stock exchange crashed. Lasted for 5 days.

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler

  • The New Deal

    Roosevelt launched more aggressive series of federal programs.

  • The Munich Pact

    France agreed not to provide military support to Czechoslovakia when Germany would overtake them

  • Hitler invades Poland

    The German army followed orders to invade Poland, triggering WW11

  • Pearl Harbor

    Military strike in Hawaii by the Imperial Japan Navy Air Service

  • D-Day

    When America, England, and Canada landed off the coast of Normandy in France.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The final stage of WWII when the U.S detonated bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • The Formation of UN

    Organized in San Francisco to maintain peace and security among nations.

  • The Long Telegram

    When Kennan wrote a telegram on his views of the Soviets

  • The formation of NATO

    Formed in Washington, D.C, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • Russians aquire the Atomic Bond

    They had been trying for years to create it and exploded it a few months after perfecting the bomb.

  • Korean War

    A war between North and South Korea. Ended on July 27, 1953

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    When Court declared that state laws of separate schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat

    Refused to give up seat and worked her life to initiate civil rights.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam fighting against America. Ended on April 30,1975

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    A confrontation between the Soviet Union and America that led to the Soviet Union deploying bombs on Cuba. Went for 6 days.

  • JFK's Assassination

    JFK was assassinated

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Led to the U.S engaging in Vietnam War

  • Apollo 11 moon landing

    The first two men to walk on the moon.

  • The Watergate break-ins

    When 5 men were arrested after breaking in to the DNC complex, Nixon tried to cover up his involvement.

  • Nixon's Resignation

    Nixon resigned after tension from the Watergate break-ins and he was going to be impeached so he decided to resign.

  • The Invention of the Internet

    Tim Berners Lee created the World Wide Web.

  • The fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Cold War was thawing so the was was terminated.

  • 9/11 Attacks

    Four coordinated terrorist attacks by an Islamic terrorist group.