1900-2000 US Events

  • World War 1

    World War 1

    It began in Europe and ended on Nov. 11, 1918.
    The US got involved once Japan bombed Pearly harbor in Dec. 7, 1941.
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    The stock market crashed in 1929 causing the great depression. unemployment and families suffered until the WWII.
  • Kennedy Assassination

    Kennedy Assassination

    President JFK was shot and killed in his convertible car with his wife during a parade in Dallas, TX in 1936.
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    War started with Germany invading Poland in 1939.
    USA got involved On Dec. 7, 1941 when Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    The Cold War was tense between the US and the Soviet Union from the late 1940s until 1990s. The end brought down the Berlin wall.
  • Civile rights act

    Civile rights act

    Rosa Parks a black woman on a bus who refused to give up her seat to a white person in Dec 1955.
    Dr. Martin Luther King speach at the Lincoln memorial on Aug. 28, 1963 "I have a Dream"
  • Vietnam

    Vietnam

    War started in Vietnam in 1955 and the US got involved to show we were against communism in 1961-1975 when the US left.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    The US vs. the Soviet Oct. 1957 and The US put the first man on the moon on July 20. 1969.
  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls

    The Berlin Wall finally comes down in Germany reuniting them after yrs. of separation due to wars.
  • World trade center bombing

    World trade center bombing

    Middle east terrorism bombed the parking garage of the world trade center killing 6 people and wounding thousands of others.