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Gentleman's Agreement
When Japan and the United states agree to limit emigration to the US. -
Progressive Era
1902 began the progressive era of trust-busting, progressive reforms, women's suffrage, and much more. This time period was a turning point in history for the treatment and regulations of the big businesses. Regulations like women's vote, income tax, anti-trust laws, etc. -
Panama Canal
Panama goes against Colombia rule and begin the way of construction. -
Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, N.C
On this day the Wright Brother took flight on the first every aircraft for 12 seconds. -
New York Law
A banker cannot be employed for more than 60 hours a week or 10 hours a day. -
IWW
The working class in possession of economic power that restricted its membership to any wage earner regardless of occupation, race, or sex. -
Meat Inpsection Act
This provided sanitary regulations in the meat-packing industry -
Henry Ford Model T.
Henry Ford introduces the Model T. Priced at $850. -
White Slavery.
The Mann Act makes it illegal to transport women across state lines for immoral purposes. -
16th amendment
This gave the government the right to collect income tax on individuals and families. -
Assembly line
Henry Ford introduces the assembly line so he could make the Model T faster. -
The assassinaiton of Archduke Franz Ferinand
This led to the chain of events that began World War I. -
War declared on Serbia
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
The Panma Canal Officially opens
The picture attached is the first ship through the Panama Canal. -
Christmas Truce
On Christmas day a truce between the soldiers along the Western Front.They sung carols, and even played a friendly game of soccer -
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
President Woodrow Wilso publicly demands that Germany end their submarine warfare. -
US declares war
The US Congress declares war against Central Powers. -
Military Draft
The USA institutes a military draft and all man 21-20 are required to register. -
Versailles Peace Treaty
The Versailles Peace Treaty ending WWI strips Germany of land and natural resources and reductions in the army's size. -
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War begins. -
Leader of National Socialist Workers
Adolf Hitler becomes the leade of the National Socialist Workers Party. -
Kellogg-Briand pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact rnounces war s an instrument of national policy. -
The signing of the national anthem.
President Herbert Hoover signs act aking te "Star-Spangles Banne" the national anthem. -
"New Deal"
Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt promises a "New Deal" for the American people. -
Chancellor of Germany.
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany. -
FDR becomes President
FDR becomes President ad lunches the "New Deal " and -
Prohibition is repealed
Prohibition is repealed. -
Military draft begins
Hitler introduces a military draft in Germany. -
Naitonal Industirial Recovery Act
The Supreme Court declares te national industrial Recovey Act unconstitutional, suggesting that any federal effort to legislate wages, prices, and working conditions was invalid. -
Social Security Act
President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. -
Violation of the Versailles Treaty
In violation of the Versailles Treaty ending WWI, 4,000 German troops occupy the Rhineland. -
United Mine Workers
The Committee for Industrial Organization is formed with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, a its head. In 1938, it became the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Unlike te AFL, it did no limit membership to skilled workers. -
"Court Packing"
President Roosevelt proposes his "court packing" scheme. -
U.S. Gunboat Panay sinks
The Japanese planes sink U.S. gunboat Panay in Chinese waters killing two. -
President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt requests $800 million to build u the nation's navy. -
The House of Representatives Created
The House of Representatives Created -
Germany sizes Czchoslovakia
Germany sizes Czchoslovakia -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-agression pact
The two countries agree to divide Poland. -
Essential Freedoms
President Roosevelt calls on Congress to defend our four essential freedoms; freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom fro fear. -
Fair Employment Committee
President Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Committee. -
The internment of 112,00 Japanese Americans
President Roosevelt authorizes he interment of 112,00 Japanese-Americans livingalong thePacific coast -
The Battle of Midway
U.S. aircraft repel a Japanese assult in the Central Pacific, sinking 17 Japanese ships and shooting down 250 airplanes -
Office of War Information
President Roosevelt authorizes the creation of the Office of War Information -
D-Day
Over a 48-hour period, 156,00 Allied troops storm the beachs of Normandy in France, while 8000 Allied plans provde air cover. -
GI Bill of Rights
President Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, providing educational and vocational benefits for returning veterans. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The last German counter-offense of the war, the Battle of the Bulge, begins. -
The Enola Gay
A B-29, drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Second Bomb
The second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki. -
Joseph McCarthy "List" of Communist party
Sen. Joseph McCarthy says that he has a list of 205 names that are known members of the Communist party. -
Korean War Begins
President Truman wins a UN mandate to drive communist forces from South Korea because the Soviet Delegations absent. -
22nd Amendment
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution says that no person may be elected president more than two times. -
The Korean War formally ended
The armistice formally ends the Korean War, which killed three million people. -
Members of Congress shot
Five Congress members were shot on the floor of the House of Representatives by Puerto Rican nationalists. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The supreme court rules unanimously that segregated schools were unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give u he seat on a bus to a white man. -
Investigations of corrupt union practices.
The committee investigates the corrupt union practices. The committee's counsel was Robet F. Kennedy's. -
Eisenhower's Thousand Army Paratroopers
President Eisenhower sent a thousand army paratroopers to Little Rock, Arkansas's Central High School to permit nine black children to enroll in the previously all-white school. -
Defeating the regim of Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro marchs intoHavana, having defeated the rgime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. -
First patent for the laser.
U.S. scientists Charles H. Townes and Arthur L. Schawlow patent the laser. -
Televised Debates
Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon face off in four televised debates. -
Peace Corps.
John Kennedy creates the Peace Corps. -
President John Kennedy is assassinated
President John Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Two days later, his alleged assassin was shot death in a Dallas jail. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, integrating public accommodatios nd prohibiting job discrimination. -
Attacking of voting rights demonstrators
Alabama state police attack voting rights demonstrators with clubs and gas as they prepare to march from Selma for the capital of Montgomery. -
President Johnson Not Running For a Second Term
President Johnson announces that he will notseek reelection and orders a halt to most U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. -
Martin Luther King Assasination
Rev. Martin Luther Kind is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., where he is supporting a sanitation worker' strike. -
Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated afte delivering his victory speech in the California primary. -
First Man On The Moon
Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first pesn to walk on the moon. His first words from the lunar surface were: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for all mankind." -
Kent State Massacre
Nine wew wonded and four died when the Oio Nato Guard opened fire on students protesting the War. -
Opening of Disney world
Disney opened to the public in Octobr of 1971. It cost about $400 million to build. -
Building of the Twin Towers
The building of the twin towers were done in 1973. -
tThe fall of saigon
The fall of Saigon to the orth Vietnamese effectivel marked the end of te Vietnam War. -
Jaws
The first "Jaws" movie was released. -
Saturday Night Live
Th debut of the comedy show SNL. -
First ever Star Wars
Th first sci-fi movie "Star Wars" came out. -
The Atari
The fist video games put unto huseholds. -
Test tubr baby
The first process of in vitro. -
Three Mile Island
A nuclear accident. This was when a large reactor in PA leaked gasses and reactor coolant. -
Fortieth President
Ronald Regan is elected fortieth president. -
Presidential Assassination Attempt
President Reagan is shot in assassination attempt -
Pope John Paul II is shot
Pope John Paul II is shot and nearly killed in St. Pete's Square in Rome -
Regan tax cuts
Regan tax cuts are approved -
AT&T
AT&T breaks up into 22 independent units -
Internet
The word Internet is first used -
Secret arms
U.S. begins secret arms-for-hostage negotiations with Iran -
Stock market plunges
Stock market plunges 508 points in a single session, the worst decline in Wall Street history -
Al-Qaeda
The Al-Qaeda is founded by Osama bin Laden -
Forty-first president
George Bush is elected forty-first president -
Germany is reunited
Germany is reunited. -
Germany is reunited
Germany is reunited -
Tim Berners-Lee
The first web browser -
Tim Berners-Lee
The first web browser is introduced. -
Bill Clinton
Democrat Bill Clinton is elected forty-second president. -
World Trade Center
Terrorists bomb World Trade Center in New York City, killing 6. -
Nelson Mandela
He is sworn in s president of post-apartheid Soth Africa. -
O.J. Simpson
O.J.Simpso is found not guilty on murder in the deaths of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman -
Dolly the sheep
She is the first mammal to be uccessfully cloned from an adult cell.
