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KKK
Ku Klux Klan is the name of three past and present organizations. They advocate for white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration. As of 2012 it is estimated to have 3,000 to 5,000. It started in the late 1860s but died out in the 1870s. The second KKK started in the 1920’s and adopted the same costume and code words as the first but introduced cross burning. The third KKK started after World War 2 and opposed minority equality. -
Women's Suffrage
The right for women to run and vote for office. It came gradually in the 1920’s. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." -
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Charleston
The Charleston was a popular dance in the 1920’s. It became popular after appearing in a song called “The Charleston” by James P. Johnson in the musical Runnin’ Wild in 1923 -
Scopes Trial
John Scopes had been sued for teaching evolution in his class. He was found guilty and charged $100 -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The 1929 massacre, killing 7. It was between two gangs during the prohibition era. It was between Egan’s Rats gang and North Side Irish gang. -
Stock Crash
The stock market crashes and causes the worst economic failure in the history of the United States: The Great Depression -
Prohibition
The act of prohibiting alcohol in the United States in the 1930’s. It was made a law and it caused uproars of illegal alcoholic drinks. It was taken away after the illegal alcohol making became far too much of an issue. The American Mafia fueled much of this. -
Empire Stuilding
The Empire state building is a 102 story tower in New York City. Its name is derived from New York’s nickname, The Empire State. It was completed in 1931 and stood as the world’s tallest building for 40 years. -
New Deal
Roosevelt signed The New Deal, his plan for helping the citizens through The Great Depression. -
FDR
The 44th president of the United States. Created the New Deals, and weathered WWII. Only president to ever serve four terms. -
Amelia Earhart
She was an American Aviatrix. She was the first woman to receive the U.S . Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first aviatrix to fly across the Atlantic. During an attempt to make a circumnavigation flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. -
Hindenburg disaster
The Hindenburg blimp bursts into flame, causing 35 deaths and the end of the airship era. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain. It is famous as the setting of the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and the Empire of Japan during World War II. The U.S. occupied Iwo Jima until 1968, when it was returned to Japan. -
Holocaust
was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II. Some people believe the definition should also include the Nazis' genocide of millions of people in other groups, including Romani, Soviet prisoners of war, Polish and Soviet civilians, homosexuals, people with disabilities, Jehovah's Witnesses and other political and religious opponents, which occurred regardless of whether they were of German or non-German ethnic origin. Using this definition, the total number of -
Pearl Harbor
A harbor in Hawaii that was bombed by the Japanese to start the war for the Americans. Nearly 3,000 people, military and otherwise, were killed. A monument over the USS Arizona stands today, as a reminder to the lives that were lost here. -
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter gained popularity in 1942 and was an icon for women assembly workers during the war. -
Internment Camps
Camps which in people were imprisoned for different reasons. Some reasons being political, preventive and criminal. Many people were put and placed in these Detention camps back in the 20th century. -
D-Day
The landings of Normandy, also known as D-Day occured on June 6. This won France back from the Nazis and was the turning point that led us to winning WWII in Europe. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. This happened during the Second Red Scare. -
Rosa Parks
A woman who went to prison after she refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus. She was originally sitting the in the colored section of the bus but the bus driver moved the sign back to give the white people more seats. -
Rock and Roll
Rock and roll is a type of popular music that evolved during the early fifties. Rock and roll began achieving wide popularity in the 1960s. The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll -
Mt. Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first two people to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. -
Brown vs. Board
Black and whites had separate schools from each other. This changed the way things worked to make public schools for both races. This ruling paved the way for integration in the US. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite into space. This played a huge part in the Cold War and also was the official start of the space race. -
Louise Brown is born
Louise Brown is the born. What is significant about this is that she is the first baby born via IVF. -
"I Have a Dream" Speech
“I have a dream” was a famous speech given to the public by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963 it was about racial equality in America. -
Civil Rights Act
Was the act that was the first step into taking away racial discrimination. The act was heightened to protect all citizens, not just white males, under the 14th amendment. -
Six-Day War
A war in the Middle East that lasted from June 5, 1967 to June 10, 1967. -
My Lai Massacre
was the Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, by United States Army soldiers. -
Nixon Resigns
The only president to resign from office. Was the president from January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 before resigning and giving the presidency to Lyndon Johnson. -
Woodstock
The three day music festival, named Woodstock, starts on the 15th. 32 acts performed and it is considered one of the most pivotal moments in music history. -
Abortion Legalize
Medical abortion became an alternative method of abortion in the early 1970s -
Sears Tower
Now named the Willis tower. The Sears Tower is a 108-story, skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. The Sears Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the seventh-tallest freestanding structure in the world. -
Jonestown Massacre
909 people in Jonestown, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning. It was referred to as “revolutionary suicide”. This includes over 200 murdered children. This town was a cult gathering place. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
66 Americans were kidnapped and help hostage on this day. Shortly after, 14 women and African Americans were realeased, leaving 51 people still left. -
John Lennon is assassinated
Mark David Chapman breaks into John Lennon's estate and shoots four times. All four shots inflicted serious wounds, but two ended up being fatal. -
Challenger Explosion
Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its tenth mission on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of the seven crew members onboard. It was the first of two shuttles to be destroyed. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere, which spread over much of Western USSR and Europe. It is widely considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. It is ranked as a level 7 on the nuclear event scale. -
Tiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese, were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen beginning on 15 April 1989. -
Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 7.9 ft aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared. The telescope is named after Edwin Hubble. -
Rodney King incident
Rodney King was being chased for for speeding and he did not pull over because he thought he would receive a DUI. When he finally stopped, he was tazed and beaten by multiple police officers. -
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Columbine Massacre
Two seniors: Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold go on a shooting spree at their highschool, killing 13 and injuring 21 others. -
Y2K
Y2K was a scare at the end of the millennium that all the worlds’ technology was going to fail thus bringing the end of the world. -
Dolly the Sheep
Dolly the sheep is a genetically cloned sheep. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut. When asked about her name he commented "Dolly is derived from a mammary gland cell and we couldn't think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton's". -
Beltway Sniper attacks
Two men were driving around Washington D.C. killing random victims with a sniper. In the end the two kill 11 and injure 6. One man was sentenced to death by lethal injection and the other one received 6 life sentences. -
Abu Ghraib
Many U.S. soldiers were found to be torturing, raping, and killing many prisoners of the Abu Ghraib prison. This was a very controversial human rights case. -
Hudson Miracle
On January 15, 2009, the aircraft flying this route was successfully ditched in the Hudson River adjacent to midtown Manhattan six minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport after being disabled by striking a flock of Canada geese during its initial climb. The incident became known as the "Miracle on the Hudson". -
Gay Marriage
is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality. -
I-Phone
The I-phone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007,[1] and released on June 29, 2007. The 5th generation iPhone, the iPhone 4S, was announced on October 4, 2011, and released 10 days later.
