2.  USA gained a great power – Spanish War  1910 - the richest and most powerful nation in the world  Population increase – 92 mil.  Three new states admitted to the union  1904-1914 Panama Canal – T. Roosevelt

4.  1914 - the USA remained neutral  6 April 1917 the USA declared war on Germany  September 1918 - US troops destroyed a German salient at St Mihiel  11 November 1918 - Germany surrendered

5.  A time of prosperity - the highest standard of living  Women gained the vote  Immigration into the USA  1920 – 1933 the era of prohibition

6.  24 October 1929 – Black Thursday  Banks failed and industry slumped  Unemployment went through the roof  1933 – F. D. Roosevelt – New Deal

8.  1941 – Pearl Harbor ⇒ Congress declared war on Japan  3. - 6. 6. 1942 - Battle of Midway  6. – 9. 8. 1945 – Hiroshima and Nagasaki

9.  September 1945 – United Nations were founded  1948 – 1951 the Marshall Plan – recovery of Europe  The Vietnam War 1955 – 1975  Watergate - 17 June 1972

10.  The population grew very rapidly – 316 mil today  High immigration  September 11, 2001 – terrorist attacks, war with terrorism  2008 – 2010 suffered from a recession, financial crisis  2008 Barack H. Obama - the first African American president of the USA.