Events in the US from 1920s to 2000s

By Briaa
  • 19th Amendmemt

    19th Amendmemt
    Allowed for women suffrage
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal
    Consisted of bribery and corruption of oil companies with government officers who were close friends to the President. (Harding)
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    Event of the stock market crashing and losing over 30 billion dollars signaling the Great Depression
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    A surprise attack on a naval base in Hawaii by the Japanese which would lead to US entering WWII
  • G.I. Bill

    G.I. Bill
    This offered many benefits to returning soldiers after the war and veterans including new educational opportunities.
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    Korean War

    Beginning with an invasion on South Korea by North Korea, US would step in joining and aiding South Korea
  • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

    Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
    This court case would outlaw segregation in schools and be a starting point to the Civil Rights Movement
  • Death of Emmett Till

    Death of Emmett Till
    A little 14 year old boy would visit relatives in the south where he would be kidnapped and killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman
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    Vietnam War

    A war about the scare of communist spread where the US would not be victorious, Also one of the longest wars ever fought by US
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    Nine African Americans would enroll in the recently desegregated High School in Little Rock where they would face racial blurs and intimidation.
  • Kennedy is Assasinated

    Kennedy is Assasinated
    President John F. Kennedy was shot while riding in a limousine visiting Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    This act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin and required equal access to public places
  • Gulf on Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf on Tonkin Resolution
    Was the agreement by Congress that would allow president Johnson to take action and lead to US entering Vietnam War
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Over 600 marchers consisting of SNCC and SCLC members would cross over the Alabama River on a bridge where they would be met by Montgomery officers and be beaten and attacked harshly.
  • MLK is Assasinated

    MLK is Assasinated
    King would be fatally shot on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Tennessee
  • 1st Man on the Moon

    1st Man on the Moon
    Neill Armstrong would become the 1st man to take steps on the moon.
  • Watergate Scadal

    Watergate Scadal
    A cover-up of Nixon and his administration involvement in a break in at the DNC
  • 9/11

    9/11
    A series of terrorist attacks hijacking four planes and crashing them in various memorial places killing almost 3000 people
  • Barack Obama becomes President

    Barack Obama becomes President
    Winning the 2008 election, Barack Obama becomes the 1st African American president. He would also serve a second term.
  • Sandy Hook Elm. Massacre

    Sandy Hook Elm. Massacre
    A shooting massacre happened at Sandy Hook Elm when a 20 year old shot in a school leaving 28 dead and killing himself.