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First Transcontinental Airmail Service
The First Transcontinental Airmail Service in the U.S. -
Radios
Even though magazines and newspapers reached big audiences, the radio became the most powerful communications medium in the 1920's. -
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The Roaring 20's
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Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh establishes a record of 33 hours 29 minutes in his 3,614-mile nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. -
The Election Of 1928
On November 6th, 1928, Hebert Hoover was elected the 31st President of the United States. -
Stock Market Crash
On October 24th 1929, the Stock Market crashed and began The Great Depression. -
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The Great Depression
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Salt March
On March 12 1930, Mohandas K. Gandhi leads a peaceful demonstration to not purchase British salt. It became known as The Salt March. -
Unemployment
About 8 million Americans are unemployed in 1931. -
FDR Gets Elected
On November 6th 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of The United States. -
Unemployment
More than 13 million Americans are unemployed. -
Hitler Takes Over
On January 30th 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party come to power in Germany. -
Social Security Act
President Roosevelt passes the Social Security Act, which provides assistance to people with a low or no income -
World War II Begins
The German Air Force roared over Poland, rainings bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. German tanks went across the Polish countryside. And World War II had begun. -
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World War II
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FDR Gets Elected A 3rd Time
President Roosevelt becomes the first and only President to get elected more than twice. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, over 180 Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor. And the U.S. entered World War II. -
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Cold War
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WWII Ends
World War II ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945. Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and on Nagaski on August 9, 1945. -
The Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. After 28 years, the walls was finally demolished on November 9, 1989.
