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A war involving all the world's economic great powers.
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NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies.
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The deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.
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A global war involving the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers.
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Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941 - The only color film of the attackA surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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A war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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A time where African Americans fought for equal rights to the white population in the United States.
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The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I.
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Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
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Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
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Neil Armstrong became the very first man to walk on the moon.
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A major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
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A reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included Title I, the government's flagship aid program for disadvantaged students.
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Multiple attacks on the World Trade Center in the U.S. city of New York.
