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Model T
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Zimmerman Telegram
This telegram was sent from German to Mexico, promising certain states in the U.S. to Mexico in return for fighting America if it decided to not be neutral. -
WWI Armistice
"The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" -
Nineteenth Amendment
Women can now vote. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
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Black Thursday, or the Wall Street Crash of 1929
This starts off the Great Depression, which lasts for almost ten years. -
Hitler becomes chancellor.
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The New Deal
The New Deal was a set of programs and policies that were brought about by FDR during his presidency as a response to the Great Depression. -
Munich Pact
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Hitler's invasion of Poland
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes fire on an American navy base in Hawaii. America is now in the Second World War. -
D-day
160,000 Allied troops land on the shores at Normandy, contributing greatly to the Allied victory. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic bombs are dropped onto the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This quickly ends the war without us having to start sending troops to fight in Japan. -
Founding of the United Nations.
Wilson's dream came true. -
The Long Telegram.
This was a VERY long telegram (it was 8000 words.). This Telegram influenced the Cold War, as it's sender, George Kennan, wrote it about his negative opinions towards Soviet Union. -
NATO formed
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The Soviets explode their first Atomic Bomb
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Korean war
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Brown vs. Board of Education case
It is now unconstitutional to have segregated schools. -
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Veitnam War
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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JFK assassination
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Gulf of Tonkin resolution
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Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
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Watergate Scandal
Several burglars are found in the Watergate office complex. It turns out they were working for Nixon's re-election campaign. They were attempting to steal secret documents and tap phones. -
Nixon resigns
After the events of the Watergate scandal, Nixon decided to resign, rather that get impeached. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
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World Wide Web becomes available to the public.
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9/11 Attacks
Terrorists fly planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It's also my birthday.
