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Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad is completed in 1869. This railroad connected the east and the west. It was a continuous railroad. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell creates the first telephone. He got a patent on the device and created it a couple of days later. -
Wright Brothers
The first controlled airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina is made by the Wright Brothers. -
Titanic
Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks. Kills 1,500 people. It was a British passenger ship. -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby was published by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Takes place during the Roaring 20's. -
Amelia Earhart
The first women to complete a trans-Atlantic flight is Amelia Earhart. -
Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is designated by Congress to become the national anthem. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl is created by a series of dust storms in the states of the Great Plains. Led to badly damaged agriculture. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor which causes the United States to enter World War II. It happened on December 7, 1941. -
Atomic Bombs
The US drops atomic bombs on Japan, on August 6th and 9th of 1945.
