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The Great Depression
The worst economic disaster is US history. Led the american populace to embrace socialist democracy from FDR and the democrats in 1932 -
Pearl Harbor and WW2
The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor infuriated Americans and saw backing up FDR's declaration of war, further garnering democratic support -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This stand off between the US and the Soviet Union, which saw the Soviets back down and support gather around Kennedy and the democrats -
The Vietnam War
This costly war saw the end of the draft, and made the democrats appear as warmongers, leading them to support Nixon and the Republicans -
Watergate
The arrest of Nixon-connected robbers after breaking in to the DNC headquarters. This caused Nixon to resign and support for the republicans to collapse -
September 11th attacks
The terrorist attacks on the Word Trade Center an Pentagon shocked the country and world alike. these attacks brought tremendous support for the republicans under George W Bush