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WWI
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NCSS is Founded
National Council for Social Studies. -
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Great Depression
Everybody was really poor. -
Pearl Harbor
Video The Japanese bombed a US Navy base in Hawaii. Although most of the ships were out of the harbor at the time, this even sparked the US to enter World War II. -
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Korean War
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Civil Rights
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Vietnam
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First Man in Space
Yuri Gargarin, Russian cosmonaut was the first man in space. -
First Man on the Moon
Niel Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. He said, "That's one small step for a man...One giant leap for mankind." He planted an American flag. -
Watergate
President Richard Nixon was involved in some scandalous affairs involving recording conversations. He was put on trial for impeachment but he resigned first. -
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N.C.L.B. mandate in schools
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World Trade Center Attacks
Terrorists hijacked U.S. airplanes and crashed them into The Twin Towers in New York City. -
First Satellite Launched
The Sputnik, a Russian satellite, was the first satellite launched into space. The Space Race that developed between the USSR and USA stimulated the Cold War.
