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US History Timeline B

By AbbieT002

  • The Invention of the Model T

    The Model T was invented by Henry Ford. It was the 1st automobile to be mass distributed. It was the 1st "universal car".

  • The Zimmerman Telegraph

    A secret telegraph sent from Germany to Mexico negotiating and asking that if America joined the war then Mexico should form an alliance with Germany and if they did then Germany would help Mexico take back territory lost in the Mexican American War.

  • The WWI Armistice

    On November 11th at 11:00 an armistice was called by both sides. Instead of a surrender a truce was decided upon.

  • The 19th Amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote.

  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    The 1st transatlantic flight was made by Charles Lindbergh!

  • Black Thursday

    Considered the 1st day of the great stock market crash in 1929. Stocks decreased by 11%

  • The New Deal

    This was enacted by Teddy Roosevelt. It's purpose was to help the poor get relief from the great depression and to ensure that it didn't happen again.

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

  • The Munich Pact

    Hitler makes this to start expanding the Nazi empire.
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    Hitler Invades Poland

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan's surprise attack on American soil.

  • D-Day

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    Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    The US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan.

  • The Formation of United Nations

  • The Long Telegram

    The Long Telegram was an assessment of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold war.

  • The formation of NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

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    The Korean War

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    Brown v Board of Education

    This case concerned the segregation of blacks and whites and whether it was unconstitutional.
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    The Vietnam War

    This war lasted 20 years!

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and was arrested for this resistance.

  • JFK’s Assassination

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Soviet Union began secretly placing Missiles in Cuba to use on the US.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    America had done it! We were the 1st to make it to the moon.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

  • Nixon’s Resignation

    President Nixon resigned from office due to scandal.

  • The invention of the Internet

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

  • Covid-19 Pandemic