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Central Pacific Railroad
Large railroad connecting parts of the United States was completed and was the beggining of a movement to connect the entire US. -
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Gilded Age
A time in America with massive industrial strength and a booming economy but under that were some very serious social problems -
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
This was the event that triggered the start of WWI -
Panama Canal Finish
A massive engineering feet for the US and the world linking the Atlantic and the Pacific for both and economic and military purposes. -
The armistice between the Allies and Germany
Armistice was signed endeing combat. -
Black Thursday
Massive crash at the stock market as stockholders quickly sold all thier stocks and over 30 billion dollars were lost. -
Bonus March
WWI veterans wanted to redeem thier certificates worth $1,000 early because so many had lost thier jobs which led to a march on Washington which eventually led to Hoover ordering the Army to remove the marchers. -
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Brown vs. Board of Education
the supreme court ruled in favor of Brown which allowed African Americans to attend any public schools. -
March on Washington
Over 250,000 people marched on Washington to protest civil rights in America. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I have a dream speach". -
Wategate
Several burgalers were caught trying to wire tap phones and steal information from the DNC and were linked to Nixon's reelection team. As resault Nixon resigned but was never prosecuted. -
Vietnam War End
This had been the longest war in US history and over 55,000 men had died. A tremendous lose whith no clear purpose cause lots of distrust in US government -
Hostages released
The taking of the US Embassy and the hostages had plagued the Carter administration and ultimately led to the election of Reagan and only hours after his inauguration they were released after being held for 444 days. -
Bombing in Lebanon
239 Marines were killed by a suicide bomber in Lebanon and the bomber was thought to be state-sponcered which led to the CIA investigatng other bombings and discovering that Libya had sponcered a bombing in West Berlin which led to American retaliation. -
Imperialism
An idea in America of expansion past its boarders for the benifit of the US and surrounding countries but mostly the US. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The dividing line between East and West Berlin after WWII which represented the "Free World" and the soviet union. When it came down so did the rest of the USSR and its satelites ending the Cold War. -
Operation Desert Storm
This was the beggining of ground operations in Kuwait and eventually Iraq to put a stop to the leader Saddam Hussein for invading Kuwait and fear he would seize Saudi oil fields.
