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The invention of the Model T
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US History B Timeline
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The Zimmerman Telegram
a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. -
The WW1 Armistice
ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. -
The 19 Amendment
ratified on August 18, 1920 -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Black Thursday
panicked investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 11 percent at the open in very heavy volume. -
The New Deal
Started in 1933 and ended in 1939, it was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
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The Munich Pact
between Britain and Germany, under which Germany was allowed to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia in which German-speaking peoples lived. -
Hitler invades Poland
started on Sep 1, 1939, and ended on Oct 6, 1939. This event marked the beginning of World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States detonated two atomic nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ended on Aug 9, 1945 -
The formation of United Nations
The United Nations, is an intergovernmental organization responsible for maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international cooperation, and being a center for harmonizing the actions of nations. -
The Long Telegram
The U.S. State Department asked George F. Kennan, then at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, why the Russians opposed the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Kennan responded with a wide-ranging analysis of Russian policy now called the “Long Telegram.” -
The formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 or "First Lightning" (code named "Joe-1" by the United States), at Semipalatinsk. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. War ended on Jul 27, 1953 -
Brown v Board of Education
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. Ended on May 17, 1954 -
The Vietnam War
Ended on 30 April 1975. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger while she was seated in the "colored section" of a Montgomery city bus. After Parks refused to move, she was arrested and fined $10. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. Ended on Oct 28, 1962 -
JFK’s Assassination
The governor was shot in his back while him, his wife, and some politicians wife were riding in a motercade in downtown Dallas TX. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing the president to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle. -
The Watergate Break-ins
Break-in of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C., by five men and the Nixon administration's subsequent attempts to cover up its involvement in the crime. -
Nixon’s Resignation
By late 1973, the Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. He resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office—the only time an American president has done so. -
The invention of the Internet
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. -
The 9/11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on a Tuesday morning.