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StockMarket Crash
The end of the roaring 20's. The start of the Great Depression started some rough times in America for stockholders and businessmen. -
FDR takes over
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is sworn into office for his first term. FDR had a tough presidency with lots of hard times but somehow he got America through it. -
Pearl Harbor Attacks
Japanese empire secretly attacks American military base on the morning of December 7 1941. Led United States to declare war on Japan. -
World War Ends
Japan surrenders
Germany surrenders -
Korean War
North invades South Korea. America steps in to stop the spread of communism. -
End of Korean war
War is over at the 38th parallel, peace agreement signed -
Vietnam War
United States becomes involved with conflict in Vietnam. The domino theory says the US has to prevent nations from joining communism. -
JFK assassination
President John Kennedy is killed in Dallas Texas -
WaterGate Scandal in Washington
Richard Nixon is behind the watergate break in. He claims to be innocent and he must resign because his relations with congress. -
End of Vietnam
United States gets beat out of Vietnam -
Fall of Communism
Soviet Union falls apart and orders to tear down the Berlin wall. Cold War is over
