World Events
The U.S. entered this war when they declared war on Germany (April 6, 1917) and Austria-Hungary (Dec. 7, 1917) three years after the conflict began in 1914. The Armistice ending this event is signed (Nov. 11, 1918).
World War 1
In 1963, this man gave a famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech before a crowd of 200,000 during the civil rights march on Washington, DC (Aug. 28).
The first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. (Dec. 17) was completed by who?
The Wright Brothers
The nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting women __________ (Aug. 18, 1919).
The right to vote
On October 29, 1929, the Stock market crash was the beginning of the Great __________.
Depression
The US enters a war with Japan, Germany, and Italy
World War II
RCA broadcasts the first color ___________ on June 25, 1951.
TV show
Henry Ford begins production of the ________ in 1908.
Model T
He is the first and only president elected to a third term.
FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In 1938, Fair Labor Standards Act is passed, setting the first ________ in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour (June 25).
minimum wage
The HMS ______ strikes an iceberg on April 14, 1912.
Titanic
Construction is completed on this building (now the Willis Tower) in Chicago, IL, in 1973, and it becomes the tallest building in the world until surpassed by the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1998.
Sears Tower
In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.: Landmark Supreme Court decision declares that ______ is unconstitutional (May 17).
racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional
On February 2, 1913, the 16th amendment to the Constitution is ratified, giving Congress the power to collect taxes on wages without dividing it among the states. From this time forward, ______ becomes a regular fixture, cementing the adage, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes."
Income Tax
On January 31, 1991, the first ____________ opens in the Soviet Union. At the time, the Moscow restaurant was the largest restaurant of this franchise in the world.
McDonalds
_____________ was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April Fool's Day 1976 to sell its personal computer kit. And the rest is consumer electronics history.
Apple Computer, Inc.