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19th Amendmemt
Allowed for women suffrage -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Consisted of bribery and corruption of oil companies with government officers who were close friends to the President. (Harding) -
Black Tuesday
Event of the stock market crashing and losing over 30 billion dollars signaling the Great Depression -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on a naval base in Hawaii by the Japanese which would lead to US entering WWII -
G.I. Bill
This offered many benefits to returning soldiers after the war and veterans including new educational opportunities. -
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Korean War
Beginning with an invasion on South Korea by North Korea, US would step in joining and aiding South Korea -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This court case would outlaw segregation in schools and be a starting point to the Civil Rights Movement -
Death of Emmett Till
A little 14 year old boy would visit relatives in the south where he would be kidnapped and killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman -
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Vietnam War
A war about the scare of communist spread where the US would not be victorious, Also one of the longest wars ever fought by US -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African Americans would enroll in the recently desegregated High School in Little Rock where they would face racial blurs and intimidation. -
Kennedy is Assasinated
President John F. Kennedy was shot while riding in a limousine visiting Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin and required equal access to public places -
Gulf on Tonkin Resolution
Was the agreement by Congress that would allow president Johnson to take action and lead to US entering Vietnam War -
Bloody Sunday
Over 600 marchers consisting of SNCC and SCLC members would cross over the Alabama River on a bridge where they would be met by Montgomery officers and be beaten and attacked harshly. -
MLK is Assasinated
King would be fatally shot on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Tennessee -
1st Man on the Moon
Neill Armstrong would become the 1st man to take steps on the moon. -
Watergate Scadal
A cover-up of Nixon and his administration involvement in a break in at the DNC -
9/11
A series of terrorist attacks hijacking four planes and crashing them in various memorial places killing almost 3000 people -
Barack Obama becomes President
Winning the 2008 election, Barack Obama becomes the 1st African American president. He would also serve a second term. -
Sandy Hook Elm. Massacre
A shooting massacre happened at Sandy Hook Elm when a 20 year old shot in a school leaving 28 dead and killing himself.
