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President McKinley Assassinated
After assassination, Teddy Roosevelt became president. 1901-1915 -
Panama Canal
Connects the Atlantic to the Pacific (opened in 1914)
President-Teddy R. -
Model T Car
Henry Ford makes first 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 "The Great War" -
Woodrow Wilson Wins Reelection
NEW PRESIDENT!! Woodrow Wilson -
Selective Service Act
Established the draft -
18th Amendment
outlaws the purchase, sale and transport of alcohol -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote -
FDR Won Presidency
FDR became the new president -
Unemployment rates shot high
Unemployment rates reached 25% -
FDR's first 100 days
FDR creation of countless jobs, most productive of any president's 1st 100 days -
Social Security Act
establishes funds for unemployed and elderly -
WWII began
Germany (led by Adolf Hitler) invades Poland; wwe begins
U.S. attempts isolationism from war in Europe -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor leading the US to join the war -
Turning point of WWII
Midway- U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific -
Manhattan Project
creation of the Atomic Bomb -
D-Day
Largest land/sea invasion -
Liberation of the Nazi Camps
Allies liberate Nazi concentration camps in Eastern Europe -
FDR Dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
New President
Harry Truman became president -
Atomic bombs dropped
Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) - Japan surrenders -
Iron Curtain
describes division of Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it -
Berlin Blockade
USSR blocks all aid into West Berlin; Berlin Airlift-U.S. drops food and supplies by air to West Berlin -
NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) created - alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe -
Korean War
U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
Brown vs. Board of Education
overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up seat on bus to whites -
Polio Vaccine
onas Salk-creates polio vaccine -
Sputnik
USSR launches first satellite in space -
JFK president
1st televised Presidential debate - JFK vs. Nixon -
"Sit-Ins”
Lunch Counter "Sit-Ins” spark waves of civil rights protest; SCLC created by MLK, Jr. -
Berlin Wall
divides East and West Berlin (East was communist) -
"I have a dream”
speech given by MLK - speech for civil rights -
JFK killed
Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates JFK in Dallas, TX -
LBJ president
launches "Great Society" program to end poverty and racism -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places -
Miranda vs. Arizona
police must read suspects their rights -
New President
Jimmy Carter