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Women gain rights
In 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed in the United States, granting suffrage to women -
The Miss American Pageant
In 1921, the first Miss America Pageant took place with a total of eight contestants in Atlantic City, New Jersey. -
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol often referred to simply as prohibition. It means the legal act of prohibiting the manufacture from selling the alcohol and transporting it to people -
The Spirit of St. Louis
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The Great Depression
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The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of economic programs brought to America in the 1930’s -
The Dust Bowl
Dust storms are really destructive to homes and anything that was in it. -
The Holocaust
Adolf Hitler was the leader of this group and they killed Jews, homo-sexuals, and many others that were not like them -
Pearl Harbor
This marked the start of WWII. -
Women Working in Factories
This is a term that represents the women working in factories during WWII. -
Jackie Robinson
The first African-American baseball player. -
VE Day
A celebration of the defeat of the Nazi war machine. Otherwise known as the end of WWII. -
Vietnam War
It was overall an anti-communist vs. communist battle. -
First man in space
Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, made history on April 12, 1961 when he became the first person in the world to enter space -
LA Riots
It goes down in history as the largest and costliest rebellion of the Civil Rights Era. -
Civil Rights Act
It ended racial segregation in public places and schools. It allowed women to vote in the United States. The bill changed American history forever. -
Columbine
Eric Harris and his friend dylan ran into school with guns. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of suicide attacks that were committed in the United States on September 11, 2001. -
Iraq War
The invasion led to the capturing of their leader Sadam Hussein. -
Plane in Hudson
US airways flight was a scheduled to fly from New York to Charlotte North Carolina. The pilot ditched the plane into the Hudson, six minutes after takeoff. They struck a flock of geese causing problems to the plane. All of the 150 passengers survived the crash.