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US History: VHS Summer: Joshua Blige
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader. He was assassinated at the age of 39 -
Panama Canal
The French failed to construct the Canal , The United States took over and created a 50 mile canal through Panama which made trading easier. -
American Empire
President James K. Polk was the leader of the Mexican American War. And he was the big reason why "American Empire" Got b -
What Caused The 1st World War
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo was the cause of WW! -
Why We Joined WW1
The United States Wasn't planning to join the World War, but we decided to join after 128 American soldiers were killed by a German submarine -
Birth Of MLK
Januaray 15th 1929 -
What caused the Great Depression
On black tuesday, the Stock Market crashed and it triggered the Great Depression -
New Deal and FDR
the 1st 100 days of Franklin D Roosevelt his legislation passed bills that tried to stabilize the Great Depression creating new jobs and agricultural production -
Holocaust
The Holocaust was lead by the infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
Hitler killed about 1.1million children during the holocaust.
Kids were usually the main targets , because if they lived they would grow up and teach their children the Jewish religion.
by the end of 1933 about 11 million men and women were killed because of the holocaust, and about 6 million were Jewish.
ABout 220,000 to 500,000 Romanies ( Gypsies ) were kill during the holocaust (https://www.factretriever.com/holocaust-facts) -
WW2
This was the 2nd world war. It's combatants were the United States, Soviet Union, Nazi Germany , United Kingdom and the Axis Powers. This war started around 1939 and ended on 1945. What started WW2 was a attack on Poland from Germany. The 1st ever atomic bomb was created in WW2 by America. The 1st atomic bomb was used on Japans city Hiroshima . The Atomic took about 80,000 people which was 80% of the city. (https://www2.bc.edu/zachary-s-laub/Facts.html) -
Korean War
This war also took place during the cold war , this war was during the years of 1950 - 1953. The Korean War began at 4:30 a.m. on june 25. The reason why this war happened was because the north koreans basically attack south korean so we came and fought a war for 3 years ( https://www.factretriever.com/korean-war-facts) -
The Start of it All
King started preaching at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was during the years 1954 - 1975.
This was one of the wars that was during the " Cold War" era.
the wars took place at South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos. We didn't win the war , even though the north vietnam signed the treaty but the u.s didn't agree. (http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-war) -
" I Have a Dream"
The "I Have a Dream " Speech was written and announced by the great MLK. It originally published on 1963. He wrote this speech for the civil rights movement that was taken place during that time period. He spoke this speech during the march in Washington for jobs in August 28th. This speech was the big speech towards ending racism ( https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-fascinating-facts-about-the-i-have-a-dream-speech) -
Asassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr, the civil right activist leader was killed on April 4th 1968. He was shot in the neck at Memphis Tennessee on a ledge of a Motel. That day he was planning to lead another peaceful march in support of the striking sanitation workers. -
Ronald Reagan 40th president
`For the 40th president we elected Ronald Reagan back in 1981.
He was an actor before he moved to politics. He was great in front of the camera, he ran against Jimmy Carter and won. Ronald won the Presidential Award of Freedom. ( http://humanevents.com/2011/02/06/top-10-reagan-achievements/) -
Challenger Disaster
January 28 , 1986 . 7 Astronauts died in the accident.
the space shuttle destroyed itself within 73 second. The plan was to deploy itself and start tracking the Data Relay Satellites But the challenge somehow failed. Tons of americans were watching it live, even kids at school were watching the tragedy happen ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-L) -
McDonald's in China?
McDonald's opened on April 23, 1992 In China. It was the largest McDonald restaurant, and it was opened in Beijing. It had about 700 seats and about 29 cash registers. About 40,000 people were were served on the 1st day, of McDonalds. ( luckypeach.com/how-mcdonalds-started-in-china) -
Governor of Minnesota 1999
A for professional wrestler becomes the actual became governor of Minnesota state. "There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag" He was an actor and a wrestler but he thought becoming a governor would be a more progressive thing to do and he thought he can get some good done (n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura)
