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The invention of the Model T
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The Zimmerman Telegram
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World War I Armistice
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The 19th Amendment
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919
(Tennessee’s ratification of the amendment gave it the ¾ of states needed for ratification) -
Charles Lindbergh's Flight
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Black Thursday
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Hitler becomes Chancellor
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The New Deal
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The Munich Pact
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Hitler Invades Poland
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Pearl Harbor
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D-Day
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Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
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Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
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The formation of United Nations
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The Long Telegram
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The formation of NATO
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Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
Soviets explode their first atomic bomb on August 29, 1949 -
The Korean War
June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953 -
Brown vs. Board of Education
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The Vietnam War
November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975 -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
October 14, 1962 – October 28, 1962 -
JFK's Assassination
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed on August 7, 1964, Effective August 10, 1964 -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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The Watergate Break-ins
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Nixon's Resignation
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The invention of the Internet
(WWW created in 1990) -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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9/11 Attacks - World Trade Towers