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Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter, starting the American Civil War.
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President Abraham Lincoln was Assasinated at Petersen House by John Wilkes Booth.
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The United States declares war on Germany due to unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram
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On Black Tuesday all the investors in the stock market went to get their money out of the banks and the banks just rapidly declined and then ran out of money
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Nazi persecution of the Jews in Germany began at this time, but the mass murder began in 1941
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Japan bombs American base Pearl Harbor and causes America to enter World War 2
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The United States wanted to end WW2 and saw no other option but to bomb Japan or have a giant land attack, but a land attack would cause too many casualty deaths on both sides.
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The US got involved in the fight between North and South Korea because we wanted to stop the spread of communism.
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showed that black segregated public schools was unconstitional
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first artificial earth satelite and was launched by the Soviet Union. Caused the space racemand sparked the start of the cold war
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an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961.
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13 day confrintation between Soviet Union and Cuba, and the US on the other. Some refer to it as being the closest dispute that almost caused a nuclear conflict.
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JFK was assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald
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MLK was killed
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A Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981), after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran.
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He won the election by a landslide with 489 electoral votes. The united states hostages were released on the day of his innaguration, making him look cool, when in reality he was the man who negotiated with terrorist.
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war waged on Iraq for the invasion of Kuwait
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The world watched amazed as the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 seperate countries
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Bill Clinton is accused of cheating on Hilary and lies under oath. Is impeached for perjury and abuse of power
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series of 4 coordinated terrorist attacks by terrorist group Al-Quadea on NY, and Washington DC.
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The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, significantly reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies' gathering of intelligence within the United States. Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
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refers to the intervention in the Afghan Civil War by the United States and its allies
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signaled the start of the conflict that later came to be known as the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States.
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Eliminated racial barriers when he was elected
