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Updated: 30 Nov 2019
Events
Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th president The 1st World War started Panama Canal, built by United States across Central America, opens,
permitting ships to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific without rounding the tip of
South America United States enters World War I, declaring war after German violations of
American neutrality. World War I ends with armistice. Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees women's right to vote. Stock market crash marks the beginning of America's worst economic
depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected 32nd president. Under President Roosevelt, federal government launches 'New Deal' program to
provide work for the unemployed, raise farm prices and stabilize banks in the wake of
the Great Depression. Social Security Act Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii brings United States into
World War II. ]Nazi forces surrender, ending war in Europe. Japan surrenders, ending the war in Asia. United States, Canada and Western European nations form North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) to provide mutual military aid if any member is
attacked. German leaders announced, that they would sink all Allied merchant ships in the seas around the British Isles. German sank a big passenger ship called the Lusitania Wilson was re-elected as President. Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. German government asked for peace. German and Allies leaders signed an agreement to stop fighting. The Versailles Treaty The Senate voted against the United States joining the League of Nations. Wilson's fourteen points. Zimmermann tried to persuade Mexico and Japan to attack the US. Herbert Hoover became President. 18th Amendment 19th Amendment. 18th Amendment was given up. Black Thursday Terrifying Tuesday Bonus Army Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a law to protect the right to join labour unions. The Wagner Act Roosevelt was re-elected. Hitler;s armies marched into Poland. unemployment in US disappeared Harry Truman became President after Roosevelt's death. Neutrality Acts Lend Lease Plan The US declared war on Japan. D-Day The Battle of the Bulge Hitler shot himself Germany surrendered Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki Japan surrendered Kennedy became President The Civil Rights Act Lyndon B. Johnson became President The end of Vietnam war Nixon became president The Supreme Court declared that segregated schools were illegal Rosa Parks refused to give a seat to a white man. The Civil Rights movement Martin Luther King was killed National Housing Act Fair labour Standart Act US enunciates policy of aid for nations it deems threatened by communism in what became known as the Truman Doctrine. Cold War with Soviet Union begins. the Marshall Plan - comes into force. Bay of Pigs invasion: an unsuccessful attempt to invade Cuba by Cuban exiles, organised and financed by Washington US steps up its military intervention in Vietnam. Democratic Party candidate Bill Clinton elected president. Congress passes North American Free Trade Agreement, or Nafta, intended to create free-trade bloc among US, Canada and Mexico. Republican Party's George W Bush wins presidency. Reagan's vice-president, George Bush, elected president. Periods
The roaring twenties Hundred Days Years of Prosperity The Watergate affair Ronald Reagan became President and was re-elected with the greatest number of voices in the history. McCarthyism.
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