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The Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between the northern United States (loyal to the Union) and the southern United States (that had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy). -
The beginning of the century
The end of the l9th and beginning of the 2Oth century was
an era with rapid economic gtowth and industrialization.
The fact that wages in the USA were higher than in Europe
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WWI
USA got innvolved in WWI in 1917. -
the Roaring twenties
The Roaring Twenties refers to the decade of the 1920s in Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Europe, particularly in major cities such as Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Sydney. -
The stock market crash
The stock market crash of 1929 was a collapse of stock prices that began on Oct. 24, 1929. By Oct. 29, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped 24.8%, marking one of the worst declines in U.S. history. It destroyed confidence in Wall Street markets and led to the Great Depression. -
The great depression
The Stock Market Crash in 1929 led to the Great Depression.
The 1930s was a decade of poverty, struggle and massive
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WW2
The military history of the United States in World War II covers the war against the Axis powers, starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. -
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The Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II. -
1950s
This decade was a good one for the USA. It was a decade of
gtowth in all areas: economic, political, military and in popu ation. Households of the 1950s had refrigerators, television
sets, and hoovers. Cars were becoming common, and
American goods were popular all over the world. The country became one of the world’s two superpowers both economically and politically. -
the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a traumatic experience for Americans.
Thousands of young men and women died far from home in a
war they did not understand. The Vietnam War was the first
war that people protested against and the first war America
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Neil Armstrong
In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first person to ever land on the moon. -
9/11
A flight crashed in the two twin towers an the petagon in New York on september the 11th 2001 -
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Financial crisis
The financial crisis of 2007–08, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, was a severe worldwide economic crisis considered by many economists to have been the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, to which it is often compared. -
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The first African-American president
Barack Obama became the first African-American president in the US january the 20th 2009.
