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WW I
World War 1 began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Sav nationalist Gavrilo. -
U.S. enters World War I
U.S. Declares war on Germany due to them violating its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. -
ARMISTICE The END of WW I
A truce to stop the war. Germany was the last one to sing officially ending the war. -
19th Amendment
After almost a century of women rights protest, WOMEN were granted the right to VOTE! -
Great Depression
Stock market crashes and economic downturn leads to the Great Depression. Many lost employment, trust in banks( Black Tuesday) and trust for their government. Poverty was at its highest affecting minorities the most. -
WW II
Adolf Hitler rearmed the nations and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to get to his goal of world domination. Hitler's invasion of Poland drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of WW II. -
Holocaust
The murder of millions of Jews and other minorities during World War II by the Nazi in Germany. six million Jews and up to 5 million homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma and political prisoners were killed in the death camps. Auschwitz was one of the most recognized concentration camp that housed and killed Jews. -
Pear Harbor / U.S. Enter WW II
The Japanese led an attack on pearl harbor which was an America supply station for battleships. Japan thought this would cripple America leaving them in no position to join WWII against Germany, Japan, and Italy. -
WW II ENDS
Truman announced Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. -
Cold War
The long period of rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WW II. Soviet Union and the United States were competing for economic and military rule. Both countries believed their policies were the best and ultimately wanted all others to follow. They never really fought there for the name "cold." The war ended in 1991 after the Soviet Union dissolved into its component republics. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Following the Supreme Court decision to end segregation in schools, the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education further extended those rights to all schools in the United States. Students of all races were allowed to attend the same schools. San Antonio was among the first cities in the U.S. to comply with the order.
