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Declaration of Independence
It contains goals and ideas of our nation, which is important to the American Democracy. This broke political ties between American colonies and Great Britain. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana territory owned by France, the U.S. paid 50 million francs for it from the French. The U.S. signed the L.P. treaty on April 30, 1803 & reached congress on July 4, 1803. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downfall in the history lasting from 1929 to 1939.It began after the stock market crash of October 1929,was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930's. -
Manhattan Project
The Project was a secret military project during the World War 2. It had detonated the world's first atomic bomb causing Japan to surrender and leading to the end of the second World War because of the use of mass destructing nuclear weapons. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States was killed on November 22, 1963 at in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was the most important and influential voice of the American Civil Rights Movement, he had worked for equal rights for all. Well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation and racial equality. -
Apollo 11
A spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon; Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. -
Y2K
Y2k scare was a computer flaw, or bug, that may have caused problems when dealing with dates beyond December 31, 1999. It is a class of computer bugs related to the formatting and storage of calendar data. -
September 11, 2001
Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two airplanes flew into the Twin Towers of The World Trade Center, the third hit the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. -
Osama Bin Laden
Was the founder of al-Qaeda, organization for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the United States and other mass casualties around the world.
