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He was shot and fatally wounded inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition In Buffalo, New York. After his death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States.
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Wilbur and Orville successfully flew a glider, later leading to the invention of the modern-day airplane.
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The city was demolished with people devastated and 3,000 dead. At the end of the earthquake, it destroyed 80% of San Fransico.
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This was a financial crisis that took place in the United States over a three-week period starting in mid-October when the New York Stock Exchange fell almost 50% from its peak the previous year. Panic occurred, as this was during a time of economic recession, and there were numerous runs on banks and trust companies.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was a civil rights organization in the United States formed.
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A ship that was made to be unsinkable sinks and they did not have enough lifeboats causing the death pf 3,000 people.
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Triggered by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. 135 countries took part in the war, and over 15 million people died.
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The first global war started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo was assassinated.
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German U-boat destroyed this British ship.
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The French fought for Verdun, lead to the aftermath of both armies loosing a lot of their recruits. There was never a clear winner.
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Joined on side of the Allies after disagreements with German Navy.
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Military act which called men from the ages 21 to 30 to apply for compulsory military service.
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Killed seven times the number of American lives lost in the combat in France.
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German Forces tried to attack into the Western Front.
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Main purpose was to make peace and ended World War I.
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Germany and Allied nations negotiated and signed the treaty to end the war.
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Granted women the right to vote.