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U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany (April 6, 1917) -
Women gain the right to vote by the passing of the 19th amendment in the U.S. Constitution -
An abysmal failure of the United States economic status. The stock market crash of 1929, combined with the gold standard and declining industrial outputs, led to bank failures and 25% of U.S. unemployed.
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The genocide of over 6 million European Jews during World War II
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The U.S. set off two nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This was done in an effort to lessen Japan’s ability to fight during WW2. -
A war with North Vietnam/Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States over the spread of communism and general government and political conflict.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. -
Congress passed a public law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Marked the end of Jim Crow Laws -
The Berlin Wall divided East and West Germany. There were pressures to ease up on borders to make travel easier and protestors gathered, these events led to the wall being torn down. -
The ADA is a law that prohibits discrimination based on physical or mental disability. This required employers to provide accommodations to employees and public accessibility to the disabled.