US History Timeline 2

By Adah Johnson

  • The Invention of the model T

    The longest production of any automobile model in history until Volkswagon Beetle.

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    A Telegram that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico.

  • The WWI Armistice

    The armistice that ended fighting on land, sea, and air in WWI

  • The 19th Amendment

    The right for women to vote was granted.

  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    The first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Black Thursday

    Sellers were pancked and traded 13 million shares of the New York stock exchange and they suffered from 5 billion dollar losses

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    President Paul von Heinburg appointed Hitler as chancellor.

  • The New Deal

    Roosevelt launched a second series of federal programs.

  • The Munich Pact

    Brittish and French prime ministers signed the Munich Pact with Adolf Hitler

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    When Germany initiated WWII they were invading Poland to find more room for Germans.

  • Pearl Harbor

    A surprise attack by Japanese against the US.

  • D-Day

    The largest seaborn invasion in history

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    The dropping of the Atomic bomb.

  • The Formation of United Nations

    A task set to maintain peace and security.

  • The Longest Telegram

    A telegram with more than 5,000 words was one of the longest telegrams ever.

  • The Formation of NATO

    An aliance between the US and European countries.

  • Russia Acquires the Atomic Bomb

    When U.S.S.R got ahold of an Atomic Bomb.

  • The Korean War

    North Korea invaded South Korea

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Establishing separate school for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

  • The Vietnam War

    A war fought in Vietnam

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    A confrontation by America to the Soviet Union.

  • JFK's Assassination

    JFK was killed.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The launch of the United States involvement on the Vietnam War.

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat

    On a bus Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The space lift that landed the first 2 people on the moon.

  • The Watergate break-in

    A political scandal which was followed by 5 men breaking in.

  • Nixon's Resignation

    The watergate scandal caused Nixon to loose a lot of political support causing him to resign.

  • The Invention of the Internet

    The start of growing and expanding the internet.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    A concrete wall deviding Berlin finally came down.

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    4 terrorist attacks on the US.