UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TIMELINE

BY: ALY FULLER

MCKINL EY ’S SECON D INAU GUR ATION

March 4th, 1901

He is then shot on September 6th, 1901 by Leon Czolgosz in New York

September 14th, 1901 succeeded by VP Theodore Roosevelt

U.S. ACQ UIR ES PAN AMA CAN AL ZO N E

Treaty signed November 17th, 1903

THEODO RE ROOSEV ELT ’S SECO ND INAUGURATIO

March 4th, 1905

FBI ESTABLISHED

July 26th, 1908

MARCH 4TH, 1913

William howard taft is 28th president

17th amendment to the Constitution is ratified, providing direct election to US Senators by popular vote rather than legislation

APRIL 6, 1914-1918

World War 1: US declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary

War ends November 11, 1918

AU GUST 14 T H , 1916

US buys Danish West Indies for $25 Million dollars

JAN. 13TH, 1919

League of Nations meets for the first, US is not represented

18th amendment to the Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor.

Later repealed by the 21st amendment

MARCH 4TH, 1929

Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president

Stock market crashes, Great Depression starts on October 29th, 1931

JAN. 20, 1937

FDR inaguration

DECEMBER 7TH, 1941

Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japan

US declares war on Japan

OCTOBER 24TH, 1945

United Nations is established

APRIL 4TH, 1949

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established

JUNE 25HT, 1950

Korean War: Cold War conflict between Communist and non-communist forces

North Korea invades South Korea

President Truman, without approval of congress, commits American troops to the war

MAY 1950-1975

Vietnam War

North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin

US begins bombing of North Vietnam

North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong launch Tet Offensive, attacking Saigon and other scities

American soldiers kill 300 Vietnamese in My Lai massacre

FEB. 27TH, 1951

22ND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS RATIFIED

Limiting the president to two terms

JULY 25TH, 1952

Puerto Rico becomes US commonwealth

JAN. 20, 1953

Dwight Eisenhower inaugurated 34th president

JAN. 31, 1958

Explorer I becomes first American satellite

JAN. 3, 1959

Alaska becomes 49th state

Hawaii becomes 50th

JAN. 20, 1961

JFK elected 35th president

Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba (April 17-20)

OCT.-NOV., 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly having missile bases on Cuba

AUG. 28TH, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers ‘’I Have a Dream’’

JFK assassinated in Dallas (Nov. 22)

Succeeded by LBJ

JULY 2, 1964

LBJ signs civil rights act

FEB. 10, 1967

25th amendment to the Constitution is ratified outlining the procedures for filling the presidency

APRIL 4TH, 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in L.A.

JAN. 20, 1969

Nixon is inaugurated as 37th president

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. become the fist me to land on the moon

JULY 1, 1971

26th amendment is ratified lowering the voting age from 21 to 18

JAN. 20, 1977

Jimmy Carter is inagurated as 39th president

President Carter sings treaty agreeing to control of the Panama Canal over to Panama

JAN. 20, 1981

Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as 40th president

US hostages held in Iran are released after 444 days

JAN. 20TH, 1989

George H. W. Bush is 41st president

JULY 31, 1991

US and Soviet Union sign Treaty I agreeing to reduce strategic nuclear weapons

JAN. 20, 1993

Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd president

1998-1999

Clinton denies having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky

Clinton releases first balanced budget plan since 1969

Clinton admits having sexual relations with Lewinksy

US launches missile attacks on Sudan and Afghanistan following terrorist attacks

Columbine shooting leaves 14 students, 1 teacher, and 23 wounded