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1990-2000
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World War 1
War between the central powers and allied powers. Starting the first global war starting with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand from Austria lasted for years until the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 -
The 19th Amendment
The progressive movement established the women’s suffrage and the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote Texas became the first state to approve on June 28,1919. -
The Great Depression
United States stock market crash calling it a “black Tuesday” and cause other stock around the world to crash which every economic indicator fell and cause by 25% unemployment -
National Anthem
The United States adopted their nation anthem, called the Star Spangled Banner -
Texas and the Great Depression- Dust Bowl
While most Texas lived in farms and ranches, the economy dropped with the affects of the Dust Bowl as winds eroded parched lands and made farming difficult for Texas’ panhandl. The worst time in the dust bowl was “black Sunday” on April 14 1935 -
World War 2
Adolf Hitler invaded Poland without warning which made France and Great Britain to have war with Germany, -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the United States by surprised by striking Pearl Harbor and thus made the US enter the Second War -
The Cold War
The Soviet Union and the United States had a political tension after world war 2. threatened to use nuclear weapons,the US and Soviet Union had a disagreement and the Democratic US fighting the oppression of Communism -
Manned Spacecraft Center
NASA opens a spacecraft center in Houston, Texas now know. As the -
Martin Luther King Jr I Had a Dream
Martin Luther King during the March of Washington, had the famous public speech for the civil rights movement to end racism in the United States and call for equality.