assignment By Gklducky 1917 US enters WW1 as allies to Britain and France 1920 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote 1929 Wall Street crash begins the Great Depression 1930 the Dust Bowl region experiences tons of topsoil being blown through their homes 1941 Japanese Attacks on Pearl Harbor, official US entry into WW2 1945 US drops atomic bombs, ending WW2 1954 Brown v Board of Education bans racial segregation in school 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin 1969 US astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin land on the moon 1973 Roe v Wade protects women's right to abortion