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Also called the Great War, World War I was a global war that centered in Europe and claimed over 37 million lives.
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The National Council for Social Studies was founded for the purpose of strengthening and advocating social studies.
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The Great Depression was an economic collapse which began with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday and lasted until 1932.
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World War II was a global war between the Allied forces and the Axis forces that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
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Pearl Harbor Historical Site Pearl Harbor was when the Japanese bombed an American harbor in Hawaii, bringing the U.S. into World War II.
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The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea and lasted about three years.
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The Civil Rights movement lasted from 1955-1968 and was characterized by non-violent protests by the African American people.
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Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union into an elliptical low earth orbit.
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The Vietnam War lasted for about 13 years, didn't really accomplish anything, and was highly protested back in the United States.
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Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, was the first man to go into outer space and orbit the earth.
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Neil Armstrong, an American, was the first man on the moon and said, "That's one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind."
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Watergate was a political scandal in which Richard Nixon's administrative officials broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington D.C.
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No Child Left Behind was signed into law in 2002 and requires all public schools to administer state-wide tests annually.
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Often called 9-11, the attack on the World Trade Center towers happened in New York City, when two planes crashed into the skyscrapers.
