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19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is ratified granting women the right to vote. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert Fall leased properties to private oilmen in return for bribes. -
Scopes Trial
John Scopes taught evolution in his class, which was against the law in TN, and was promptly arrested -
The End of Silent Films
The first talking motion picture premieres bringing an end to silent films. -
The Stock Market Crash
The american stock market crashes on-setting the great depression. -
Social Security Act
The social security act set up pension for retirees,provided pay to the poor, and people with disabilities. -
World War II
America declares war after the Japanese attack on pearl harbor. -
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Important Events in History
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Korean War
American soldiers aided South America when North Koreans poured across the 38th parallel. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
President Kennedy sent a CIA led force to attack Cuba. The mission failed and all but 300 of 1400 invaders were killed. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shore. -
Kennedy's Assissination
Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, TX -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination in public facilities, such as parks, and in public accommodations, such as hotels and restaurants. It also prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. -
Medicaid and Medicare
Medicare Was created as a health insurance program for the elderly and Medicaid was for those on welfare -
Man on the Moon
Astronaut Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon, fulfilling President John Kennedy’s pledge to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. -
Kent State Shootings
College students were protesting the attack on Cambodia when eight guardsmen opened fire on a crowd, killing four students and wounding nine. -
Roe V Wade
The US Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirms the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
A group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The hostages were held for 444 days -
Gulf War
Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, leading to the Persian Gulf War -
9/11
An Islamic terrorist group hijacked four planes to carry out suicide attacks in the U.S. Two planes crashed into the twin towers and one imto the pentagon -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US.
