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Battle of the Atlantic
Ended May 8, 1945 -
The military draft
The military draft is when the federal government does a lottery style selection of random civilians to strengthen he military. You may be penalized for not signing up -
The opening of Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is a national monument, consisting of president, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson. They’re faces have been carved into the cliff side -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was an attack on a naval base in Hawaii in the USA prompting our entry into WW2 -
Japanese internment
America’s response to the bombing in Pearl Harbor was internment camps, Japanese were sent to internment camps as Americans feared them helping japan in WW2 (it ended on December 17, 1944) -
Invasion of Italy
Ended September 16, 1943 -
D-Day
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Theodore Roosevelt wins 4th presidency
Theodore Roosevelt became the first, and only, person to be elected president for 4 terms -
Nagasaki
Nagasaki is a one of 2 Japanes cities, the other being Hiroshima, that had a atomic bomb dropped on prior to WW2 because of japan refusing to surrender -
Hiroshima
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the MLB. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers -
Red scare
The red scare was the fear of communism taking over America once they took on Russia in the Cold War (the red scare ended in the early 50’s) -
Cold War
Ended in 1991
