20th centurie Nebraska

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    World War 1

    The Central Powers where: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy. The Allied Powers where: Great Britain, France, Russia. Most Americans did not want to participate in the war.
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    The Great Depression

    It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.
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    The Dust Bowl

    The stock markets crashed. Millions of Americans lost money. Nebraskan farmers were already doing poorly in the 1920’s, and the 1930’s made things even worse.
  • The first session of the Unicameral

    It gave representation to all the states on an equal level, while also allowing the states to have the power to veto most decisions determined by the Congress of Confederation.
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    World War 2

    The United States eventually entered the war in 1941 after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The Axis powers where: Germany, Italy, and Japan. And the Allies where France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.
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    Holocaust

    It was time where hitler was killing jews so he could rule the world.
  • SAC is at Offutt Air Force Base

    It was a very big airplane. It help everyone in the war fight. It was a plane to hold bombs to drop on the other side in the war.
  • Exploration of space

    It was an investigation to reach the universe that is beyond Earth.
  • Race riots in Omaha

    The Omaha Police went to the lake to requested their dispersal and the African Americans responded in violence.
  • UNL Students protest the Vietnam War

    The student activism played a key role in bringing antiwar ideas to the broader public.