American History

20th Century Timelines (1900-2000)

21st Century Timelines (2000-now)

19141918
World War I: America loses over
118,000 soldiers.

WWII in Europe started in 1939

The Axis

Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Romania
Yugoslavia

The Allies
Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Chile
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cuba
France
India
Iraq
Lebanon
Mexico
New Zealand
Paraguay
South Africa
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States

(1941-1945)
- This term was dominated by the 2nd World
War
- December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl
Harbor, which caused the USA to enter the war
on the allied side

- Changed a big portion of the impressive US

industry into War-Time productions

December 7, 1941 Japan attacked

Pearl Harbor which caused the USA
to enter the war on the allied side

 December 7th , Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

December 8th , United States and Britain declare
war on Japan
December 11th , Germany declares war on the
United States

REVENGE!!!!!!

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 6 and August 9, 1945.

At least 120,000 people died

instantly and many more later
because of the radiations. About
95% of the casualties were
civilians.

Japan sent notice of its unconditional

SURRENDER
surrender to the Allies on August 15, a week
after the bombings. These bombings were
the first and only nuclear attacks in world
history, so far

World War II (1940-1945) and Home

front-United States-World War II
Until then, the United States isolationism had bound the
country to neutrality.
the American armed forces were significantly smaller than the
equivalent forces of France, Germany, Britain, the Soviet
Union and Japan.

Cold War beginnings and the

Civil Rights Movement (1945
1964)

The Americans move from farms

into the cities and experienced a
period of sustained economic
expansion.
At the same time, institutionalized
racism across the United States
was increasingly challenged by the
growing Civil Rights movement
and African American leaders such
as Martin Luther King, Jr.

1960s The Civil Rights Movement;

African-Americans are equal citizens
and allowed to vote in the USA.

1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is

assassinated because he believed all
people are equal.

Cold War beginnings and the Civil

Rights Movement (19451964)
In the decades after World War II, the United
States became a global influence in economic,
political, military, cultural and technological affairs.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The Kennedy's brought a new life and vigor to the
atmosphere of the White House.
During his time in office, the Cold War reached its
height with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on
November 22, 1963.

 It was called the cold

war because it did not
involve direct armed
conflict between the
states.

Both the US and the

Soviet Union were
nuclear- armed
superpowers,and
instead of fighting each
other directly, they
both threatened each
other with nuclear
weapons.

Balance of terror

VIETNAM 1954-1975

Background
- Vietnam had been a French colony since 1883.
- In 1954 the French were driven out by a communist leader named
Ho Chi Minh.
- Vietnam was divided into two: the communists who ruled the
North and the non-communists who ruled the South.
- The Communist Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite Vietnam by war.
- Communist North Vietnamese: the Vietcong
- The domino theory

The Ho Chi Minh trail

- Went through Laos and Cambodia. Small
paths led into Vietnam: important track for
the Vietcong.
- Transported weapons, troops and supplies
into South Vietnam.
- Some South Vietnamese hid the vietcong.

SOUTH VIETNAM + USA

Against

NORTH VIETNAM (= vietcong + communists)

The jungle war

A war of ambushes and sudden attacks.
the people are the water, our armies are the
fish Vietcong leader

like trying to identify tears in a bucket of

water American soldier

The American soldiers

sprayed the forests with
chemicals, and burned
villages

World War II
In order to force North Vietnam to make concessions
at the peace talks, Nixon orders massive bombings of
Hanoi and Haiphong.

- The withdrawal of American soldiers from Vietnam was possible in 1973

thanks to President Nixon and his adviser on Foreign Affairs Henry
Kissinger .
- In 1975 the whole of Vietnam had become COMMUNIST.
- A failure for the Americans!!!!

History of the United States

20th century
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the
United States emerged as the world's
sole remaining superpower and
continued to involve itself in military
action overseas, including the 1991
Gulf War.
Following his election in 1992,
President Bill Clinton oversaw the
longest economic expansion in
American history.

History of the United States

20th century
In 1993, Islamic terrorist, Ramzi
Yousef, planted explosives in the
underground garage of One
World Trade Center and
detonated those killing six people
and injuring thousands,
Beginning of an age of terrorism.

History of the United States

(21th century)
The presidential election in 2000 between
George W. Bush and Al Gore

VS

 At the beginning of the new millennium, the United

States found itself attacked by Islamic terrorism, with
the September 11, 2001 attacks in which Islamic
extremists hijacked four transcontinental airliners and
intentionally crashed two of them into the twin towers
at the World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon.
Osama bin Laden was responsible for the attacks.
The attacks of that day sparked patriotism throughout
the country, the largest clean up effort in the nations
history, and a global battle against terrorism.

History of the United States

(21th century)
President Bush continued what he dubbed
the War on Terrorism with the invasion of
Iraq by overthrowing and capturing
Saddam Hussein in 2003.

United States presidential

election, 2008

United States presidential

election, 2012

Mitt Romney

MLK shot, 1968

Watergate scandal,1974

JFK shot, 1963

Kennedy, John F.
1961-63

Johnson, Lyndon
1963-69

Nixon, Richard
1969-74

VIETNAM WAR, 1953-75

The Cold War 1945-1991

Cuban Missile Crisis

1962
Berlin Wall built 1961

1st man on the moon, 1969

Woodstock festival, 1969

Ford, Gerald
1974-77

Carter, Jimmy
1977-81

Reagan, Ronald
1981-89

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Timeline
World War I and the Great Depression
1917-18 - US intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of
Nations.
1920 - Women given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
1929 - October 29, 1929, was "Black Tuesday" is the day that the stock
market crashed, officially setting off the Great Depression.
1933 President Franklin Roovevelt help end the depression.
World War II and the Cold War
1941 - Japanese warplanes attack US fleet at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii; US
declares war on Japan
1945 - US drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan
surrenders.
1947 - Cold War with Soviet Union begins.
1950-53 - US forces play leading role against North Korean and Chinese
troops in Korean War.

Desegregation and the Vietnam war

1960 - Democratic Party candidate John F Kennedy elected
president, narrowly defeating his rival Richard Nixon.
1963 - President John F Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon Johnson
becomes president.
1964 - US steps up its military intervention in Vietnam. Civil Rights
Act signed into law; it aims to halt discrimination on grounds of race,
colour, religion, nationality.
1968 - Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King assassinated.
1969 - Republican Party candidate Richard Nixon elected president
amid growing public opposition to Vietnam war. US military
presence in Vietnam exceeds 500,000 personnel.
US astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on
the Moon.
1973 - Vietnam ceasefire agreement signed.
1976 - Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Carter elected president.

 Global assertiveness
1991 - US forces play dominant role in war against Iraq.
The Clinton years
1992 - Democratic Party candidate Bill Clinton elected president.
2000 November - Republican Party's George W Bush wins presidency.
2001 July - US tests its controversial missile defence shield, or "Son of
Star Wars".
11 September attacks
2001 11 September - ''war on terror'' which includes the invasion of
Afghanistan and Iraq.
Second term for Bush
2004 2 November - Presidential elections: George W Bush wins a
second term.

 Lehman collapse
2008 September With hundreds of billions of dollars wiped out
in bad loans and a prolonged property slump, the US faces its
worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Obama elected
2008 November - Democratic Senator Barack Obama becomes
the first black president of the United States.
Second Obama term
2014 November - Republicans win a Senate majority in midterm elections, gaining control of both houses of Congress and
further reducing President Obama's room for manoeuvre.

Symbols of America
Today

Eagle = Strength, Freedom

Statue of Liberty =
Freedom, Hope, and
Friendship between Countries

Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Q&A

REFERENCES
Timeline: United States of America
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USA
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Wikipedia - The free Encyclopedia
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