US History Timeline

  • President McKinley

    After the assassination, Teddy Roosevelt became president. 1901-1915
  • Panama Canal

    A connection between the Atlantic to the Pacific is beginning to come to fruition.
  • Model T automobile

    Henry Ford makes the first family affordable Car
  • 16th and 17th Amendments

    16th- establishment of income tax 17th- direct election of senators
  • WWI Begins

    WWI began in Europe Bloodiest war in history, it was called "The Great War"
  • Woodrow Wilson Wins Re-election

    President Woodrow was re-elected
  • Selective Service Act Instated

    Established the Draft
  • 18th Amendment

    Outlaws the purchase, sale and transports of alcohol
  • 19th Amendment

    Gave women the right to vote
  • FDR Won Presidency

    FDR became the new president
  • FDR's first 100 days

    FDR created countless jobs, and was the most productive of any president's 1st 100 days
  • Unemployment Rates shot up

    Unemployment rates reached 25 %
  • Social Security Act

    Establishes funds for unemployed and elderly
  • WWII begins

    Germany and the N.A.Z.I party invade Poland, The U.S attempts to keep a policy of isolationism
  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor leading to the US to join the war.
  • Turning point of WWII

    Midway was a crucial turning point in which the U.S defeats Japan in the pacific theater
  • Manhattan Project

    The Atomic Bomb was created
  • D-Day

    Largest land and sea invasion
  • FDR/Hitler Die

    FDR passes away while on the other side of the world Hitler takes his own life
  • Atomic bombs dropped

    Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima (Aug. 6th) and Nagasaki ( Aug 9th), forcing Japan to Surrender
  • Liberation of the Nazi Camps

    Allies Liberate Nazi concentration camps in Eastern Europe
  • New President

    Harry Truman became president
  • Iron Curtain

    Eastern and Western Europe were divided
  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S intend to fight communism by helping free nations resisting it