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World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, however, the United States didn't join the war until Dec 7 1917 when German ships attacked American Merchant and Passenger ships.
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This addition to the constitution granted women the right to vote. -
Black Tuesday is used to refer to the crash of Wall Street which sparked the Great Depression which lasted from 1929-1933. -
World War 2 began with the German invasion of Poland and the United States entered the war on Dec. 7 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. ended the war by dropping the first atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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The Cold War was between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was known as the Cold War because no shots or missiles were ever fired. It was a period where both superpowers had nuclear weapons pointed at one another.
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The Vietnam war was fought between North and South Vietnam and the U.S. intervened because it feared the spread of communism into South Vietnam.
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Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Following his assassination, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson finished the presidential term. -
The Civil Rights Act was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and it was the conclusion to the Civil Rights Movement. The act allowed integration of schools and prohibited race-based discrimination. -
During the Space Race with Russia Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. -
Watergate is the scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Five men broke into the Democratic National Committee which was currently being housed in the Watergate Hotel and these five men were connected to Nixon's re-election campaign. -
The Challenger was NASA's space shuttle that exploded 73 seconds into the flight, killing the 7 men and women aboard. -
The Gulf War, or Operation Desert Storm, lasted 43 days and was conducted under the H.W.Bush administration. It was the United States' first armed conflict with Iraq and began when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait.
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The Oklahoma City bombing is known as the deadliest homegrown terrorist attack in America. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed y a domestic terrorist and the attack killed 168 and injured more than 680.