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The Roaring Twenties
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Lindbergh"s Flight
A $25,000 prize would be given to the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight. Charles A. Lindbergh started off near New York City in the Spirit of St. Louis, flew up the coast to Newfoundland, and headed over the Atlantic. There was bad weather during his trip. -
Boxing Event
50 million people sat and listened to their radios. Graham McNamee, the radios most popular announcer in that time, announced a boxing match. The match was between former heaverweight champion Jack Demspey and the currect title-holder, Gene Tunney. -
Black Tuesday
The bottom of the market and the nations confidence fell. Shareholders tried to sell before the prices dropped even lower. That, day, 16.4 million shares were dumped. -
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The Great Depression
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
It is the hghest protective tariff in United States History. It was designed to protect American farmers and manjfacturers from foreign competition. -
Schools
By 1933, about 2,600 schools across the US had shut down. 300,000 students were then left out of school. Thousands of them went to work instead. -
Ann Marie
She writes in her diary of the air being full of dirt. It gets into everything and is hundreds of miles. Babies and old people die because of breathing too much dirt. -
Salary
During The Great Depression, more than 70 percent of people did not earn enough money to support their families. The families earned less than $2,500. Economists estimate that the average man or oman bought a new outfit of clothes only once a year. -
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WWII
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and disables every ship on the harbor. -
D-Day
The first of nearly 3 million Allied soldiers arrive in Normandy, on the northern shores of occupied France. Code-named Operation Overlord -
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The Cold War
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Hiroshima
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman asked Congress for $400 million in econic and military aid for Greece and Turkey. -
Orbit
The Sputnik is launed into space as the first orbiting satelite. -
Moon
The Apollo 11 lands on the moon, America reaching its goal in the space race.
