Timeline
Cards (19)
- January 1920 - Prohibition introduced (Lasts until 1933)+Political event
- June 1924 - The Ford Motor Company sells its 10 millionth Model T+Social event
- August 1927 - Sacco and Vanzetti are executed+Social event
- October 1927 - The first ever "talking film" is released - The Jazz Singer+Social event
- October 1929 - The Wall Street Crash kickstarts the Great Depression+Economical event
- November 1932 - Democrat Franklin D Roosevelt defeats President Hoover in the election+Political event
- March 1933 - FDR New Deal begins+Political event
- December 1941 - Pearl Harbour is attacked by Japanese forces; the USA declares war on Japan, officially entering the Second World War+International event or foreign policy
- April 1945 - President Roosevelt dies; Vice-President Harry Truman success him+Political event
- August 1945 - The USA drop two nuclear bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to the end of the Second World War+International event or foreign policy
- November 1952 - General Dwight Eisenhower becomes president+Political event
- May 1954 - Racial segregation in schools is declared illegal after "Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka" court case+Political event
- December 1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott+Social event
- November 1960 - John F Kennedy becomes president+Political event
- August 1963 - Martin Luther KIng delivers his famous 'I have a dream' speech+Social event
- November 1963 - President Kennedy is assassinated; succeded by Lyndon B Johnson+Political event
- June 1964 - The Civil Rights Act is passes, banning discrimination in jobs, voting, and housing+Political event
- August 1964 - Noth Vietnamese boats attack two US warships, sparking the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam+International events or foreign policy
- January 1973 - US Supreme Court rules in 'Roe V Wade' case that women have a right to an abortion+Political event