US History Timeline

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  • The invention of the model T

    The invention of the Ford Model T by Henry Ford was a very influential event in the industrial revolution.

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret diplomatic telegram that suggested a connection with Germany and Mexico.

  • The Armistice of ww1

    The Armistice of ww1 stopped fighting in certain areas during ww1

  • The 19th amendment

    The 19th amendment allowed for women to vote.

  • Charles Lindbergh's flight

    This was the first transatlantic flight that was ever done solo.

  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday was a crucial day to the start of the great depression when stocks dropped.

  • The New Deal

    The New Deal was signed by FDR to try to stop the great depression.

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Hitler became chancellor of germany, which was a big part in the war.

  • The Munich Pact

    This agreement made Czechoslovakia surrender its borders to Germany.

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler invading Poland was a very big part in the beginning of combat in WW2

  • Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor was when the Japanese bombed an american base in Hawaii.

  • D-Day

    D-Day was the Allied attack of Normandy.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The two atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan by the US.

  • The Formation of the United Nations

    This organisation that was founded in 1945 is still living today.

  • The Long Telegram

    An American who was living in Russia sent president Truman a very long telegram.

  • Russians Acquired Atomic Bomb

    Russia gained power over other countries through acquiring an atomic bomb.

  • The Formation of NATO

    The Formation of NATO was, and still is, a very influential event.

  • The Korean War

    The Korean War was fought by North Korea and South Korea and their allies.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    This was a big court case for segregation in public schools, resulting in less segregation.

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up her Seat

    Rosa Parks started a movement by refusing to segregate.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    This was a 13 day confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States.

  • JFK's Assassination

    JFK gets shot in Texas during a parade.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Something that Congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam war was a long war including the US.

  • The Apollo 11 moon landing

    Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

    Watergate was a big political scandal that led to Nixon's resign.

  • The Invention of the Internet.

    The Internet changes the world by being created.

  • The Fall and the Berlin Wall

    The Berlin wall gets taken down which also takes down the Soviet Union.

  • 9/11

    Terrorists run planes into the twin towers in New York.

  • The Covid-19 Pandemic

    A virus takes the world over, forcing many to quarantine.