1920's and Prohibition, Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1960s and public protests (Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam)
By David Hodo
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Gave women the right to vote.
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC)
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Helped greatly for the treatment of diabetes.
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John Logie Baird conducts the first public demonstration of a television.
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A major U.S. road running from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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The first solo transatlantic flight.
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This connected New York and New Jersey
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Changed the world of modern medicines by introducing the age of antibiotics.
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Cause of the Great Depression
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The drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930's
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The fourth largest bank in the United States at the time. One of the hardest hitting events in the Great Depression.
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Increases the top income tax rate to %63, makes the depression worse.
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Increases the top income tax rate to %63, makes the depression worse
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Spearheaded unprecedented federal legislative productivity. Roosevelt called for the creation of programs designed to produce relief, recovery, and reform.
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This act closed all banks in the United States.
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A series of broadcasts that would keep the country updated on the government's attempts to combat the Great Depression.
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Suggested that pensions funded by the state for the elderly would be a good way to boost employment and consumption.
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Hires 8.5 million people to help with the unemployment crisis.
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His second presidential term.
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The decision of the Plessy v. Ferguson made in 1896, was overturned by the supreme court, saying separate educational buildings were inherently unequal.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white male passenger.
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Martin Luther King jr. and two others established the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) which became a major part in organizing the civil rights movement.
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The freedom rides took place to test the bus riding segregation laws in southern states.
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This was the largest political rally for human rights ever in the United States. Also when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.
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President Johnson signed in the act that prohibits discrimination of all kinds.
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Called Bloody Sunday for the violent beatings state troopers inflicted on protesters as they attempted to march peacefully from Selma, to the capital Montgomery.
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President Johnson enforced affirmative action towards prospective minority employees.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th 1968. He was looking out on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel, when he was shot by James Earl Ray.
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Goal to gain more economic and human rights for poor Americans from all backgrounds. A march on Washington was planned for April 22, 1968, but when King was assassinated on April 4, the movement was shaken and the march postponed.