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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
Eli Whitney is an American inventor. He turned cotton into a profitable crop, turning cotton into cloth. -
Wright brothers make plane
The Wright brothers were the first to make a powered plane and fly it. Planes developed quickly after The Wright brothers made the plane. -
Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle. It exposes factories and their products, showing how unsafe the place and the products were. -
US entry into WWI
Germany decided to use unrestricted submarine warfare. This caused the US to enter into WWI. -
Red Scare
Russia became a communist country and were gaining power. America reacted and was scared that communism would spread. -
Treaty of Versailles
It was a peace treaty to end World War I. It ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers and also gave money and help to hurt countries. -
Wall St. Crash of 1929
The market crashed and the country fell into a depression. It effected every aspect of American life. -
FDR becomes president
FDR was a democrat. He was in office for four terms. He helped the country through their depression and WWII. -
National Recovery Act
It was the promary New Deal agency FDR made. It brought industry, labor and government together to help build back the country. -
Start of WWII
The war began with the invasion of Poland by Germany. Britain and France declared war shortly after. -
Pearl Harbor
This was an attack on the US by Japan. This led to the US entering WWII. -
End of WWII for US
America was still at war with Japan after the end of WWII in Europe. We signed a treaty on USS Missouri and Japan surrendered. -
Berlin Airlift
US responce to the Berlin Blockade. US troops sent planes over to drop supplies down to citizens. -
Brown v Board of Education
It was a decision by the Supreme Court to bring intergration to schools. It was the first big civil rights movement. -
The Warsaw Pact
This was an alliance of communist countries. It was a response to NATO. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her front seat for a white passenger on the bus. This started a big movement removing bus segregation. -
Desegregating Little Rock
This was the first school to intergrate. Nine black students came to Little Rock, but there was alot of protest. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
It was a confrontation between Russia and the US. It involved communism in Cuba and their alliance with Russia. -
Fall of Soviet Union
The Soviet Union fell. It fell to western influence. -
September 11 attacks
This was a terrorist attack on US grounds. Islamic planes crashed into the Twin Towers.
