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America Civil War
What:United States of America (North) vs Confederate States of America (South).
Where: Southern United States.
Why: Disagreement on Slavery.
What:A war between the Northern and Southern United States. -
Wright Bros First Powered Flight
What:The Wright brothers make the first plane flight.
Who: The Wright brothers.
Where:Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Why:The brothers wanted to test a new engine. -
Federal Government establishes National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
What: the NACA, now NASA, made huge advances in aviation technology for the US.
Why: They were formed to make the advances while the Government focused on other things.
Where: Houston Texas.
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Black Thursday, start of Great Depression
What: The day the stock markets crashed.
Who: The start of great depression.
Where: Wall street, New York.
Why: The share holders of many companies were losing faith in the economy and sold most of their shares. -
The Fair Employment Practice Committee is established
Who: A Committee that made people of any ethnic origin able to apply for any job.
What: On June 25, 1941, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, which banned “discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government jobs because of race, religion, color, or national origin.” At the same time, the Fair Employment Practices Committee was established to help enforce the order.
Where: United States.
Why:So the "other races" could have higher paying jobs. -
The Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory establishes first female "Computers"
What: Virginia Tucker became one of the first female "Computers", woman who did mathematics by hand.
Who: Virginia Tucker.
Where: Houston Texas.
Why: During WWII, there was male workers shortage and women were looking for jobs. -
The Cold War
Who: The US, USSR, UK and France.
What: A war between the US and the USSR.
Where: In the US and USSR.
Why: During WWII, US and the USSR had a strained relationship which led to Cold War.. -
Civil Rights Movement
What: African-Americans wanted the same rights as Americans.
Where:The US.
Who: African-Americans and Americans.
Why: The African-Americans were tried of not having the same rights as white Americans. -
Martin Luther King gives his famous “I Have a Dream Speech”
Who: Martin Luther King.
What: Martin Luther King gives his famous “I Have a Dream,” speech to all the protesting African-Americans for African-American rights.
Where: The US.
Why: Trying to bring equality to black Americans in the US. -
Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first humans to land on the Moon
Who: Apollo 11 Astronauts.
What: The Moon Landing.
Where:The US and The Moon.
Why: The Americans and USSR were in the Space Race to be the first country to land on the Moon.
