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The United States Enters World War 1
German Submarines sunk the Lusitania, believing they were carrying restricted weaponry to aid the British. Then the Zimmerman Telegram threw us overboard. Germans were attempting to have the Mexicans attack us in exchange for the land that Texas owns. Not only did Mexico decline this, America was listening the entire time. -
The Great Depression
In October 1929, the stock market fell to an absolute low hitting barely pocket change. Herbert Hoover would do little to resolve this, thus a lot of people using Hoovervilles as temporary living quarters. Hoover is often regarded as the worst president to ever take office until Richard Nixon. This would last until 1939, even Roosevelt could do little to solve the money issues. -
The United States Enters World War 2
Upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, The United States declared war on Japan and declared their entrance into World War 2. On June 6, 1944, Americans, British, and Canadian soldiers raided the beach of Normandy in attempt to overthrow Hitler and the Nazi reign. On April 30, 1945, Hitler was reported dead. Through August 6-9, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan got atomically bombed, and they still see the aftermath to this day. -
The Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh was regarded as one of the most dangerous leaders in the world at his respected time, because of the complete grudge match between Russia and America, and then Vietnam decided to become communist. And with Eisenhower and as well as most of the senate chasing down all Communism, Vietnam was a hard country to try and turn because of how close it was to China and Russia, so we were in a danger zone. This is regarded as the worst decision in American history, and many seem to agree. -
The Rise of Osama Bin Laden
Back in 1980, Osama Bin Laden was a big name in the Russian resistance, and so he and America shared similar beliefs. The CIA had taken him in as an operative to help defend the Russians by giving him skills no Russian soldier has ever experienced. We will regret this decision, and when we decide to abandon him, the worst event in American history happened -
9/11
September 11, 2001. A day in infamy, worse than the attacks at Pearl Harbor in 1941, just under 3000 people were announced dead at the scene. And the mastermind behind this, Osama Bin Laden. 9/11 is often referred across the world as the worst terrorist attack in modern history. -
Chicago Crime
Since 2012, 2,874 people have died just by shootings or other crime related actions. And this is all in about 1,600 days. It's hard to look at this because Chicago is such a beautiful city until you reach it's subarbs. This is a statistic that continues to rise, and police literally don't enter certain parts of the city because of the fact that they have the odds stacked against them that they'll survive. Chicago is often referred to as "Chiraq" or "Chyria"
