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Theodore's made president
McKinley's e is shot (Sept. 6) by anarchist Leon in Buffalo, N.Y., and later dies from his wounds. He is succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. This is important to US History because it allowed the progressive era to take place, which was a very successful time. -
First Advanced Flight
Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio, based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau about the area's steady winds. They also valued the privacy provided by this location, which was remote from major population centers. This is important because it was the first controlled flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk. -
Telephone Advancements
1915 First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated. Bell made the first long-distance phone call in history from the Lyceum in Salem to Watson at the Boston Globe in Boston. The phone Bell was using in his demonstration was what he called his 'Long Distance' telephone. This is important because it allowed the revolutionary smart phone to even be thought of. Without the phone, it would have never been changed throughout the years into a smart phone. -
First Woman in House
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Jeannette Pickering Rankin, an American politician and women's rights advocate, is also the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and in 1940. Still, she remains the only woman Montana has elected to Congress. This is important to history because it shows the advancements women made in history. -
Influenza Epidemic
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes and by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S., 500,000 perish. The 1918 influenza pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving the influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world,[2] including people on remote Pacific islands and in the Arctic, and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million,making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. The amendment was adopted on August 18, 1920, which fought at state and national levels to achieve votes. Since the 1860s, an increasing number of states had given women the right to vote, but several states still denied women the right to vote at the time the amendment was ratified. This is important because it now allowed women to vote. -
Peace with Austria & Germany
Warren G. Harden signs resolution declaring peace with
Austria and Germany. The U.S.—German Peace Treaty is a peace treaty between the U.S. and German governments, signed in Berlin. The main reason for the conclusion of that treaty was the fact that the U.S. Senate did not consent to ratification of the multilateral peace treaty signed in Versailles. This is important because the treaty was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on August 12, 1922. -
Laws Against Evolution
Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools , setting the stage for the Scopes Monkey Trial. John Scopes was taken to court for violating a state law against teaching evolution, the new measure allows public-school teachers to “help students in an objective manner as the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories”. Biological evolution and human cloning are listed as examples of such theories. -
Scope's Monkey Trial
The Scopes Trial, commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act. It had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. This is important because all the publicity gained interest to the understanding of evolution. -
The Great Depression
Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations. In most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. The Great Depression is important because it had devastating effects in countries both rich and poor. -
21st Amendment
Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition. The movement reached its apex in 1920 when Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors. The 21st Amendment REPEALED the 18th Amendment on December 5, 1933. The reason why the 18th Amendment was repealed is, the government discovered that it was impossible to control liquor. This is important because it made many people angry and sparked protests. -
War on Japan
U.S. declares war on Japan. On December 8, 1941, the United States Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day. It was formulated an hour after the Infamy Speech of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Following the U.S. declaration, Japan's allies, Germany and Italy, declared war on the United States, bringing the United States fully into World War II. This is important to US history because it marked the start of WW2. -
First Detonation
First atomic bomb is detonated at Alamogordo,
N.M. Ivy Mike was the codename given to the first test of a full-scale thermonuclear device, in which part of the explosive yield comes from nuclear fusion. This was important to US history because it only started the biggest arms race of nuclear weapons against Russia and China. It was conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was conducted in the desert about 35 miles southeast of New Mexico -
Atomic bomb Target
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings killed 200,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of armed conflict. This is important because it resulted in the backlash to US military for radiation levels in japan. -
United Nations
United Nations is established. The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and being a center for harmonizing the actions of nations. It was established after World War II, with the aim of preventing future wars, and succeeded the ineffective League of Nations. This is important to US history because it formed a group of the most powerful countries to do good. -
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency is established. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world. The CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet of the United States. -
Foreign Aid Bill
Congress passes foreign aid bill including the Marshall Plan, which provides for European postwar recovery.The act was “to promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, and other measures necessary to the maintenance of conditions abroad. This is important to US history because it helped out other foreign countries who will then help us when the time comes. -
First H-Bomb
On Nov. 1, 1952, the United States conducted its first nuclear test of a hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. After the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States government did not pursue the development of the hydrogen bomb in the years after World War II. But after the Soviets successfully detonated an atomic bomb in 1949, President Truman ordered the creation of a h-bomb project. Its important because it only made advancements to nuclear weapons. -
Brown v. Board
Brown v Board was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that American state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," and therefore violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This is important to history because it changed the way people lived down South. -
Explorer 1
Explorer I, first American satellite, is launched.Explorer 1 was the first orbital object to return scientific data. Its launch happened 100 years to the day after the SS Great Eastern was launched. The ship was larger than any that came before it, and accomplished laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable. This is important to US history because it allowed scientists to learn more about the galaxy we live in and gives them real proof. It also made many advancements possible.
