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The invention of the Model T
The invention of the Model T
The Model T was an affordable car to most everyone. The company Ford made them between 1908-1927. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
In January 1917 the German Foreign Office sent the Zimmerman code to Mexico, proposing an alliance between them. And if they would Alliance Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
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The WWI Armistice
The WWI Armistice
The World War One Armistice was signed in 1918, therefore stopping any war on land, water, and air. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
In 1919 the 19th Amendment was passed. It gave all women in the United States the right to vote. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to ever fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Starting on a runway on Rhode Island, on May 20, 1927, at 7:62 a.m, and finishing in Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris at 10:22 p.m local time (5:22 New York Time). Altogether finishing it in 33 hours. -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday
On October 24, 1929, or otherwise known as Black Thursday was the day when the Dow Jones Industrial went into a Major Stock Market Crash, which started the Wall Street Crash of 1929. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Hitler becomes chancellor
On January 30, 1933 President Paul Von Hindenburg Appoints Hitler to be a chancellor for Germany. -
The Munich Pact
The Munich Pact
The munich pact was an agreement made between Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy, that they will not go to war with Nazi Germany when Germany would take controll over some of the parts in Czechoslovakia where German people lived. This agreement was made in 1938. -
The New Deal
The New Deal
In 1939 FDR made The New deal. Its purpose was to help people recover from the events of the depression. This new deal made it possible for the Federal Government to have a vital role in the economic and social affairs of the nation. -
Hitler Invades Poland electric
Hitler Invades Poland electric
In 1939 Hitler invades Poland. This battle triggered war in Europe. The was already war in Asia at that time, but no battles had happened in Europe. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was bombarded by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. “A date which will live in infamy” -FDR. This bombardment on Pearl Harbor brought them ultimately into the war. -
D-Day
D-Day
D-Day was a very well thought through military attack. It was meant to take back northern France, by beach landing 156,000 troops in Normandy. -
The formation of United Nations
The formation of United Nations
The formation of the United Nations happened in San Francisco, CA, on October 24, 1945. Most of the world is in the United nations. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
The Japanese were not ready to surrender. So America decided to drop the first ever Atomic Bomb. On August 6, 1945 a B-29 dropped “little boy” and when it touched the ground it instantly killed 80,000 people, 90 percent of the population. The after effects left 10 of thousands dead. And three days later, America dropped “big boy” on Nagasaki killing around 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced the Japanese surrender on August 15, ending the War in the Pacific. -
The Long Telegram
The Long Telegram
The Long Telegram was when Kennan sent his response from Moscow to Secretary of State James Byrnes. I wish I could give you more information but it was kind of unclear what it really was about. -
The formation of NATO
The formation of NATO
It was a Treaty signed on April 4, 1949 that consisted of 29 countries in the American and European areas. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Russians first nuclear device was made and tested on August 29, 1949. -
The Korean War
The Korean War
The Korean War started on June 25, 1950. The Communist North Korea attacked Uncommunist South Korea. With China’s tanks North Korea quickly took an advantage over South Korea. America came to aid South Korea in there fight kind of for freedom. -
Brown v Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education
The Brown v Board of Education was when people were trying to get rid of segregation in schools and even public places. The court came to a conclusion that segregation from “black schools” and “white schools” is against the 14 Amendment, therefore allowing them to be able to go to those schools. 1951 -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks is on a bus in Montgomery, and is sitting in the “colored section” and was asked to give up her seat and she refused. She became known as the Mother of Civil Rights. December 1,1955. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was during the Cold War, and it was a move by the Soviets that could have been very fatil to many of the countries around Cuba. America and the Soviets finally came to a solution, the Soviets will take out all of the missile equipment, and America will not interfere with Cuba’s freedom and things like that. America also took out all of the missiles in Turkey. October 16-28 1962. -
JFK’s Assassination
JFK’s Assassination
He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963, and died in Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964. It gave the power to president Johnson to keep international peace. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing July 24, 1969
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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The Watergate Break-ins
The Watergate Break-ins
June 17, 1972 Watergate Break-ins was when people who were trying to become president did things that were wrong to help them become the president. -
Nixon’s Resignation August 9, 1974
Nixon’s Resignation
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The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War
November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975 -
The invention of the Internet January 1, 1983
The invention of the Internet
January 1, 1983 -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall November 1991
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 1991 -
The 9/11 Attacks
The 9/11 Attacks
The 9/11 Attacks were some of the worst Terrorist attacks ever. It is very hard to watch footage from it, it is a very sad and Terrible event that will never be forgotten. September 11, 2001.