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In 1879, Thomas A. Edison invented a workable lightbulb, which revolutionized technology forever by introducing electricity and bringing artificial light into people's houses.
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Henry Ford introduced the first car, called the Model T, which eventualy led to cars as we know it today.
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The Panama Canal revolutionized transportation and industrialization by opening up trading ports, sea ports to transporting goods to and from North and South America
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In 1917, Puerto Ricans become US citizens and the United States continue to expand their empire.
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The First World War comes to an end, with the allied powers claiming victory over the axis powers.
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WWI was a violent battle that stemmed from problems between small European countries, and was won by the Allied powers.
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The nineteenth amendment granted women the right to vote, which was a major positive step in womans rights and led to many other rights women would eventually share with men.
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The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai in 1921. This was an example of political parties forming in the 1920s.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight, which would change airflight forever.
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During 1930-1933 of the Great Depression, 40% of the nation's banks fail which lead to the unemployment of 13 million Americans.
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On March 4, 1933, Frankiln Delano Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. He would lead the US out of the Great Depression with his New Deal and achieve victory in World War II.
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The United States are forced to enter World War II after being bombed by Japan at Pearl Harbor.
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Japan surrendered after being nuclear bombed by the US at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and WWII was won by the Allied powers.
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The Baby Boom begins after World War II, and will lead to more job oppurtunities for people.
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The Berlin Airlift was when the US would send food and supplies to the non-communist section of Germany to prevent them from becoming communist like the USSR.
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Brown v. Board of Education desegregated schools and was one of the first of many steps toward equality.
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The Civil Rights Act was passed giving African-Americans many rights that they didn't have before and claimed that seperate but equal is not equal.
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The National Organization for Women was founded, which played a big role in women gaining the respect, rights, and jobs that they deserved.
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Neil Armstrong of the United States became the first person in human history to walk on the moon.
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The US signed an agreement to end the fighting of a long, dragged out, and almost pointless war in Vietnam (Pointless for the Americans).
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The fall of the Berlin Wall led to the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, and Russia was no longer communist.
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On September 11th, 2001, terrorists hijacked two planes and crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York. This event changed America and the world forever.
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