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Warren G. Harding became the 29th President of the United States in 1921. One of his primary campaign promises was a 'return to normalcy.'
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The Dawes Plan (as proposed by the Dawes Committee, chaired by Charles G. Dawes) was a plan in 1924 that successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay. It ended a crisis in European diplomacy following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles.
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Lindbergh was the first solo man to complete a flying journey across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping. He flew from New York to Paris without any breaks; a journey which took 33 hours. The journey restores some faith in the ability of technology to be beneficial to mankind, as this belief had been shaken by WWI. Lindbergh was hailed by most as an American hero.
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On a date known as Black Tuesday, the stock market began a long, traumatic fall. The week before, the market had undergone a similar crash before temporarily stabilizing. However, citizens were still afraid and began withdrawing all of their funds. The stock market crash led to credit vanishing, which in turn led to a run on the banks. Ultimately, Black Tuesday can be seen as the beginning step toward the Great Depression.
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The Japanese-owned South Manchuria Railway was located near the city Shenyang in China. In 1931, part of the railroad exploded in what the Japanese claimed was an attack by anti-Japanese dissidents.
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In his acceptance speech for the Democratic Presidential nomination, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised a 'new deal' for the American public.
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The USS Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the American gunboat Panay while it was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanking, China on 12 December 1937.
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The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
