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1920-2001
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Women gained right to vote
Women's suffrage movements went as far back as 1638. Finally after the 19th amendment was passed, millions more women that weren't able to before, were now able to vote. This is important because women fought for it for so long and voting matters. -
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday hit and investors traded millions of shares in one day and billions of dollars were lost. This is important because America had spiraled down into the great depression which lasted about 10 years. -
Holocaust
The holocaust was the WWII mass genocide of the European jews. This was the single most traumatic event for the Jewish people. About 6 million Jews were killed by concentration and extermination camps. This is important because it showed the dangers of discrimination and teaches about dictatorship, propaganda, and more. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. About 2400 soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed and about 1000 wounded. 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes were destroyed. This is important because Pearl Harbor was the most important American naval base and was home to the US fleet. -
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy by Allied forces to push the Nazis out of France. It started at 6:30 a.m. on five beaches and over the next 24 hours, about 4,900 Allied soldiers are killed. This was important because it was the biggest one-day military campaign in history. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The US supreme court ruled that a segregated school system was unconstitutional. They then a few years later sent nine African Americans to an all-white school called Little Rock Central High School which is important because it was the first high-profile actions by the federal government against state-level racial segregation. -
Assassination of JFK
JFK was the 35th president of the United States and he was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. This is important in history because it was the first murder played out for the world to see. He was a young husband and father and his death was shocking to everyone. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis. He was an important voice of civil rights movements and wanted equal rights for everyone. His visions changed the world for everyone and gave people a larger outlook on oppressed people. -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 launched July 16, 1969, carrying Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin. About 109 hours and 42 mins after launch, Armstrong stepped on the moon. This is significant because it taught us about the composition of the moon and our perspective of the earth from space. It paved the way for others to study space travel and engineers have worked on more technologies to explore asteroids and other planets. -
9/11
A series of airline hijackings committed by 19 people associated with the Islamic extremist group had crashed flight 11 and flight 175 into the twin towers killing about 2763 people. This is significant in history because it was the worst attack in US history since Pearl Harbor. It led to big changes in government and travel.
