US history B Timeline

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  • The invention of the Model T

    The invention of the Model T

    The model T was the first of its kind using the assembly line Henry Ford was able to create an automobile that was cheap and reliable.
  • The Zimmerman Telegram is invented

    The Zimmerman Telegram is invented

    The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret message to Mexico from Germany during WW1 offering American soil if Mexico would join the war.
  • The WWI Armistice

    Was an agreement to end the fighting on the western front essentially marking the end of WW1.
  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment

    The 19th amendment allowed woman the right to vote.
  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday

    Black Thursday was essentially the start of the great depressing with the start of a panic that induced the selling of all stocks for a very low price meaning that many lost all the had.
  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    Charles Lindbergh’s Flight was the first solo flight across the Atlantic ocean from New York to Paris. Proving that aviation was a great way to travel.
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal

    The new deal was a series of reforms and other aid passed by franklin D. Roosevelt which created jobs and helped push the country out of the great depression.
  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Hitler becomes chancellor

    President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler to lead the government starting the German rise to power leading to the second world war.
  • The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact was a peace agreement in which Hitler was allowed to annex German speaking Czechoslovakia in exchange for no more territorial demands.
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland

    Marking the start of world war 2 Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland in which he attacked from all sides. France and Brittan joined the war 2 days later.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    The bombing of Peral harbor was carried out by the Japanese navy and marked the start of the US involvement in WW2.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Also known as operation overlord was the largest seaborn invasion in history leading to the downfall of the natis. During the invasion allies invaded the fortified beaches of western Europe
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    Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Hiroshima Nagasaki were the first two atomic bombs used in war and since. Dropped on the cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki leading to Japanese surrender.
  • The formation of United Nations

    The formation of United Nations

    The UN is a global organization founded to maintain international peace and security by uniting many of the worlds powers.
  • The Long Telegram

    The Long Telegram was a message by US diplomat George F. Kennan in which he outlined the USSR's expansionist ideas and started the plan fort he cold war.
  • The formation of NATO

    The formation of NATO

    NATO was created to try to maintain peace and and as a defensive strategy in with many North American and European country's agreed that if one is attacked it is conceded an attack on all.
  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Code named First lightning the soviets tested there first atomic bomb on august 29 on a test ground called Kazakhstan making the soviets the second county to have nuclear weapons.
  • The Korean War begins

    The Korean War begins

    The war stared with the invasion of south Korea by north Korea this war has ended in armistice and is technically still going.
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education

    The Brown v Board of Education case was the case in which school segregation was officially declared unconstitutional. overturing the idea that they were separate but equal which is obliviously false.
  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    This event marks the day that Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat on a Alabama bus she was eventually arrested starting the Montgomery Bus boycott.
  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam was a war in which the US fought against north Vietnam and all the support they had in the south including the Viet Cong and was a very brutal war for the US due to gorilla attacks and swampy conditions.
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day standoff between the soviet union and the US in which the US discovered nuclear missile that were being installed in Cuba the stand off ended when the soviets agreed to remove there missiles if the US would remove there missiles from turkey.
  • JFK’s Assassination

    JFK’s Assassination

    JFK was assassinated after the car he was riding in turned off main street towards the Dealey Plaza at 12:30 Kennedy was riding with the roof down and was shot in the head and neck.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed after alleged attacks on US ships by north Korea and allowed the US to use more military power in the Korean war.
  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin were the first two people to make it to the moon with Armstrong stepping out fist and famously saying "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
  • Nixon’s Resignation

    Nixon’s Resignation

    Nixon resigns before being impeached for being in league with those conducting the Watergate scandal.
  • The Watergate Break-ins

    In The Watergate Break-ins 5 men broke in to the Watergate hotel and attempted to steal 6,500 and high end electronics they may have had something to do with Nixon's reelection campaign.
  • The invention of the Internet

    The invention of the Internet

    The message LO was sent from UCLA and Stanford over the connected networks marking the birth of the internet.
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall was an unexpected opening of east berlins borders allowing free passage symbolizing the end of the cold war.
  • The 9/11 Attacks

    The 9/11 Attacks

    During the morning of September 11th four planes were hijacked two planes crashed into the twin towers of the world trade center and one was crashed into the pentagon and the final crashed into a field after the passengers over powered the terrorists.
  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    Covid-19 Pandemic

    Covid-19 was an extremely transferable respiratory disease that spread over the world in a matter of months killing many and casing cities to quarantine. as well as shortages of toilet paper and food.