2019 08 19 1454

US History Timeline p. 2

By Heidi J
  • The Invention of the Model T

    The Invention of the Model T
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram
    A big cause in bringing the US into WWI
  • The WWI Armistice

    The WWI Armistice
    This ended WWI
  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment
    The Amendment prohibiting states to deny the right to vote based on sex.
  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
    Charles Lindbergh landed his plane on this date.
  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday
    The Great Crash
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    The New Deal

    Enacted by President Roosevelt during the great depression.
  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Hitler becomes chancellor
  • The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact
    An agreement between England and Germany, to expand Germany's territory.
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The Allied forces invade Northern France
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    Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

  • The Formation of United Nations

    The Formation of United Nations
  • The Long Telegram

    The Long Telegram
    This telegram would outline the United States's foreign policy for the next 40 years
  • The Formation of NATO

    The Formation of NATO
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Russians Acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Russians Acquire the Atomic Bomb
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    The Korean War

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    An event that banned segregation in public schools
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    The Vietnam War

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat

    Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    A confrontation between the United States, and the Soviet Union caused by the US's discovery of missile sites in Cuba being built by the Soviet Union.
  • JFK’s Assassination

    JFK’s Assassination
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    This allowed President Johnson to take measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote international peace.
  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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    The Watergate Break-ins

    A US political scandal
  • Nixon’s Resignation

    Nixon’s Resignation
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall
  • The Invention of the Internet

    The Invention of the Internet
  • The 9/11 Attacks

    The 9/11 Attacks