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Updated: 30 Nov 2019
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Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th presidentThe 1st World War startedPanama 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 AmericaUnited 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 ActJapanese 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 LusitaniaWilson 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 TreatyThe 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 Amendment19th Amendment.18th Amendment was given up.Black ThursdayTerrifying TuesdayBonus ArmyRoosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a law to protect the right to join labour unions.The Wagner ActRoosevelt was re-elected.Hitler;s armies marched into Poland.unemployment in US disappearedHarry Truman became President after Roosevelt's death.Neutrality ActsLend Lease PlanThe US declared war on Japan.D-DayThe Battle of the BulgeHitler shot himselfGermany surrenderedAtomic bomb is dropped on HiroshimaAtomic bomb is dropped on NagasakiJapan surrenderedKennedy became PresidentThe Civil Rights ActLyndon B. Johnson became PresidentThe end of Vietnam warNixon became presidentThe Supreme Court declared that segregated schools were illegalRosa Parks refused to give a seat to a white man.The Civil Rights movementMartin Luther King was killedNational Housing ActFair labour Standart ActUS 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 WashingtonUS 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 twentiesHundred DaysYears of ProsperityThe Watergate affairRonald Reagan became President and was re-elected with the greatest number of voices in the history.McCarthyism.
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