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The Great Depression
- Started with the crash of the stock market
- Wiped out MILLIONS of investors
- Lasted 10 years but some of its effects were long felt
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Spanish Civil War
http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-spanish-civil-war-the-influence-of-foreign-powers.html Watch from 1:00-2:35- Fight between democracy and fascism
- 500,000 killed/450,000 fled
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Energy Crisis
- Oil, one of the US's major resources, became scarce/expensive which caused turmoil in the country
- In 1973, 36% of energy consumption was in foreign oil
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Watergate
- Nixon and his associates try to change votes in order for Nixon to be re-elected
- Sparked many Americans to start questioning their government's leadership
- In secret, Nixon had taped every conversation that occurred in the Oval Office
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
- Iranian protesters held the US Embassy captive so the greatly hated Shah could not go to the US to get treated of his cancer
- Hostages held 444 days
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North Korea Food Shortages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTGxeO810DI- Due to North Korea's horrible leadership and corrupt government, the economy has been destroyed
- 6 million of NK's 25 million are in need of food
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NSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDwDDgJHH54 0:00-1:15- In 2013, Edward Snowden who was a former CIA/NSA employee, exposed many NSA documents which said how the NSA was conducting illegal actions by spying on America's people
- The NSA's surveillance program has never prevented a terrorist attack or led to an arrest
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Cuba And US Relations
- US relations with Cuba have always been sour since Cuba let the Soviets set up missles in their country(the Cuban Missle Crisis) which endangered our country
- Nowadays, our relations with Cuba have been ammended and both countries are now trading and continuing to grow economically
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Bernie Sanders
- Bernie Sanders, a socialist like the Venezuelan government which has collapsed, is running for President of the United States
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Venezuela's Devastation
