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-Estimating 6,000 to 8,000 died
-Nations population numbers nearly 76 million
-On September 8, 1900
-Category 4 hurricane
-15 foot storm surge flooded
-9 feet above sea leve
-numerous homes and buildings were destroyed -
-Began in 1914, ended in 1918
-U.S. enters World War I
-Started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
-Declaring war on Germany on April 6,1917 and Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917
-Armistice ending World War I is signed
-The was was against the Allies and Central Powers
-Allied powers: France, Russia, and Britain
-Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria -
-passed by June 4, 1919
-granting women the right to vote
-No one in the US can be denied the right to vote because of their sex -
-lasting from 1929 to 1939
-greatest and longest economic session
-15 million Americans were unemployed and half of the country's banks failed when the Great Depression reached its lowest point -
-involved more than 30 countries
-Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan)
-Allied Powers (Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France)
-Ruled by Adolf Hitler
-Millions of germans were imprisoned and killed because they did not fit in
-Japan wanted to control Asia and the Pacific
-U.S. did not join the war until 1941 when Japan attacked the U.S. -
-Plan to rebuild the allied counties after WW2
-Main reason was to stop communism
-Offered to help and finances to European countries to recover from WWII
-Next four.years, US gave $13 billion to assist Western European counties
-The US offered to help Russia and its allies, but they turned it down -
-From June 1950 to July 1953
-Conflict between Communist and non-Communnist forces on Koren Peninsula
-North Korean communist invade South Korea on June 25, 1950
-almost 2.5 million people lost their lives
-Around 40,000 US soldiers died in war
-Estimated around 3 million civilians killed
-First major battle over Communism
-the Soviet refused to allow people in their section to vote on a new government
-President Truman considered using nuclear weapons
-Crossed the 38th Parallel -
-The U.S. and Soviet Union leaders engaged in a 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962
-The U.S. refused to allow the Soviet Union to build missile sites in Cuba
-After 13 days, the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles -
-August 28,1963
-MLK gave the "I have a Dream" speech with a crowd of 200,000 during civil rights march
-It was a call for black people to have their rights of equality, justice, and freedom
-Helped pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act -
-On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act
-It banned discrimination involving any public place
-It ended racial segregation
-It protected voting rights of minorities and women
-It ensured the rights of all people are equally and protected by the law