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Adventures Many people during the 1600's wanted to find more land and explore the world so adventures got on a boat and set sail. After being in the ocean they found a huge peice of land which is known as America.
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Slavery Info During the Civil war many blacks became slaves and began doing work on plantations. They would grow cotton, sugar and rice.
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Mayflower They mayflower returns to England after they brought the first group of people to America.
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Pilgrims attack The pilgrims had noticed others around there land and they didn't like that so they attacked the others.
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Post Office History When the postal service was introduced it allowed people to send letters quicker to loved ones.
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Camera With this first portiable camera it allowed people to take pictures of events like the Civil War.
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ready to wear Before ready to wear clothing people would have to make their own clothes. Now with ready to wear clothing people can just buy pre-made clothes.
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Raid People are angry about taxes and starts a raid on the ship.
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England-American land England has an argument with America because they want some American land.
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Angry Mob Angry people join in the streets complaing about jobs and the war.
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Rebels People want to fight back and to do so they dump supplies into the ocean.
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England England prepares for the war with America. This war would be known as the Revolutionary War. It lasted for 8 years and resulted in the Peace of Paris treaty.
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Red Coat Info 9,000 red coats is on an adventure to Lexition and Concord to start the battle.
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Shooting Starts Men line up and the first shot of the civil war begins. Its said that first shot was heard around the world.
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New York History The population of NYC keeps going and going. However, on this date the population is 20,000.
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Warships These warships would later attack NYC. The ships were also used to hold American prisoners.
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Meeting In this important meeting which included John Adams and Thomas Jefferson they discussed America's Independence.
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Declaration of Independence On this day America sign the Decleration and America finally gets Indepencence.
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Ships British ships are on the coast of New York City attacking the city.
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New York Now In British Hands British ships are on the coast of New York and attacking the city. New York is later turned over to the British.
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New York Now In British Hands After being attacked New York City was now under British control. This battle was the most tragic battle in American History. Many Americans were captured or died.
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American Revolution The American/England war is still going on after 2 years. Many men have died during this war.
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Solders Lots of new solders were heading to Lexition and Concord during the war.
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George Washington Leader George Washington introduces new war stratigies to help win the war. His new stratigies was to be sneaky but to use caution.
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Louisiana Purchase America signed a treaty which allowed them to take over Louisiana. The previous owners were France.
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Louis and Clark In 1804 Louis and Clark rode on horses to the Rockie mountains.
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Power Loom The power loom is a machine that combines threads to make clothes.
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Jedediah Smith Jedediah loved to travel and to keep himself from not starving he learned how to become an excellent hunter.
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Modern Era It's 1825 and the Modern Aera begins. During this time new ideas will be introduced such as business and population growth.
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Norway to America The people in Norway were on travel to America for a better life and better jobs.
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Erie Canal The Erie Canal made it much easier for boats to deliver items or just to travel.
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Andrew Jackson Andrew's new policy was the Indian Removal Act that started in 1830. This act allowed the president to grant unsettled lands west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian land.
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Railroad History The railroad made it possible for traveling goods and items.
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Davy Crockett Davy Crocket an explore was shot in 1835 and later died.
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Texas Alamo In 1836 the Battle of the Alamo began. This battle would only last for 13 days. This battle was between America and Mexico.
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Women Protest In 1836 Women began to protest for Wage Cuts. Women finnaly started to stand up for their rights.
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Fredrick Douglass Fredrick Douglus was tired of being a slave and decided to excape the train for a better life.
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Millionaire William Leidesdorff was the first black american man to be a millionaire in the mid 1800's. Andrew Carnegie which created steel was also rich.
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Cotton With cotton it made clothing possible. It would later inspire an machine for businesses.
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Slave Trade A group of white people were buying the blacks for labor.
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Telegraph The telegraph made communicating possible. This machine allowed a person to type messages.
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Telephone Line Telephone lines spread quickly so that people can communicate from long distances.
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Donner Family The Donner family became stranded in the middle of no where during the winter season. They had no food which made them eat the only thing around which was humans.
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Wagon Train People in Wagon trains were heading west for a new and better life.
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Minie Ball The Minie Ball was a type of wepon during the Civil War. The ball had to be forced into the gun and was small so that it could be loaded quickly.
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Elevator The first elevator was introduced in 1852. It could allow people to travel to the different levels in a building.
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Embolming Embolming began in 1860. This allowed them to remove things inside the human body.
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Civil War In 1862 the Civil war was at it's max. Many people who were fighting in the war had died.
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Robert Lee In 1862 Robert Lee becomes the man in charge of Virgina. In 1865 Robert surrenderd at the court house and was no longer in command.
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Lincoln Abolish Slavery Lincoln was not a fan of slavery and wanted it to end. So Lincoln created the Emancipation Proclamition.
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Civil War Food The Civil War was taking a hit on cities. It would leave the cities without food leaving humans hungry.
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Buffalo 30 million buffalo rome in open area because there is no fencing to keep them in one area. Later that would all change with a wired fence which would not allow them to rome.
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Railroad The railroad spreads which allows traveling much easier.
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Done The tranconitanal railroad finished in 1869 and it was announced by the message done.
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Chinese During the 1800's chineese men were doing the labor such as creating tunnels. The chineese were not liked by many and were often blown up while working.
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Buffalo Buffalo was often killed and shipped to factories so that they could use the skin for everyday items.
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Locust In 1874 a large group of locusts took over many crops and left people stranded in homes.
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Statue of Liberty Begins The construction of the Statue of Liberty begins in 1876. It would take them several years to complete it.
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Donations The American people began sending in donations for the Statue of Liberty. The donations allowed the American people to keep and build the statue.
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NYC could loose Statue NYC needs money for the Statue of Liberty and if they don't get the money they will loose the statue.
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Andrew-Steel In 1889 Andrew Cargony began testing a new type of steel. It would later become a sucess and be used in many buildings.
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Crime in NYC Crime in NYC began to pick up in the 1890's. At the time it was hard to catch the bad guys but thanks to the camera it made it easier to find them.
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Winsconsin Lumber In 1892 two billion of wood will be cut and used for many different things.
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Population-PDF People were leaving Nebraska because they been without rain which would ruin crops.
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Cotton Gin The Cotton Gin was a new machine in the 1800's which allowed automated seed seperation.
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Gas With cars becoming very popular and with buckets of oil that has been found, it allowed gas stations to be built across America. In 1901 the price of gas was about 25 cents.
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Oil In 1901 the Hamill brothers created the first spindletop. With this machine it allowed the brothers to dig far into the ground for oil. After going down a long distance they found the oil and it bursted into the air. With the spindletop it would allow gas for cars and would no longer require hunting for whale oil.
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Skyscrapers America was changing for the better and with the invention of steel people are now able to create tall buildings.
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Flat Iron The flat iron building was introduced in 1902. This building was different because the shape of the building was a triangle.
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Air Conditioning In 1902 America was releaved that they could now get Air in the houses. The first air condiction units were huge and took up a lot of space. They also used gasses like ammonia for it to work.
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La Runs Out Of Water In 1904 LA was about to run out of water, however a man named William Mulholland was exploring the area and found a great body of water and would later give LA water.
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Sewers in America Before sewers everything would gather in the streets which left horrible smells in the city. Now with sewers our waste would sent to a special place leaving our towns and cities clean.
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Model T The Model T was created by Henry Ford in 1908. It cost was only $825. Durning the creation of this car it allowed Ford to create the first Assembly line to make many Model T cars.
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Assembly Line In 1913 Henry Ford invented the Assembly Line. The Assembly Line had many stations which people would do one task and then pass it on to the next station.
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Aquaduck In 1904 William Mulholland had noticed LA was about to run out of water. One day he went exploring and saw an area with water, so he thought of s solution and later invented the Aquaduck. The Aquaduck was a long pipe that went to LA so that they could have water.
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New Drivers, New Laws During this time Henry Ford was creating a new car which was safe and afforidable. Before cars the people had no clue how to drive a car but with the model T it came with a driving manual.
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Great Migration Many African Americans wanted to have a better life so they migrated to the north. When they came to the north they wanted the whites job which created fights.
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Boom In the 1920's many Americans began to buy items such as cars, food and houses. Since America was buying so much the economy rose.
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Kitchen In 1925 America was introduced with new Appliances. Some of the new items were: sweepers, ironers and air condiction.
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Mount Rushmore In 1927 Mount Rushmore began construction. It would linclude faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Mount Rushmore was completed in 1941.
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TV In 1927 the first television set were introduced. These sets had poor image quailty which made it hard to see what you were watching.
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AD'S In 1929 advertisment begins. You could now see ad's for everyday items such as a car or food.
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Stock Market Crashes In 1929 the stock market crashes. It lost about 12 persent of the value. By 1932 the stock market bottomed out.
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Banks Close In 1930 many banks for failing and was forced to closed. With the closures of the banks it made people angry and started a mob outside of the bank.
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Whaling Around 1931 people began hunting for whale oil. The whale oil would be used for different things such as lights.
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Hoover Dam' In 1931 the Boulder Dam was apprived and began construction. It took thousands of workers day and night to finish this project in 1935. 12 years after it was finished the name was changed to Hoover Dam.
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Dust Storms In 1934 dust storms sweeped across America left many sick.
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Radio Stations In 1935 radio stations started to go national. Anyone in America could hear the same station.
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Hoover Dam In 1935 the Boulder Dam was finished. 12 years later the name would change to Hoover Dam.
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No Farms In 1936 there was hardly any rain and farmers couldn't farm their crops. It left many famers broke.
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Las Vegas Booms In 1940 Las Vegas begins to boom. Many hotels began to be built on the strip and casinos popped up everywhere.
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Radar In 1941 America introduced a new machine- radar. It allowed military forces to see the air space thats near them. They could see airplanes and birds.
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Planes travel On Dec 7 1941 Japaneese Planes were on route to bomb Pearl Harbor. They had practiced the attacking method several times until they got a certain percent.
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Pearl Harbor On Dec 7 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The American people were shocked and didn't expect the attack. Later that day America would declare war on Japan.
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America/Germany at War On Dec 8 1941 America declares war with Japan. The main reason they declared war was because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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Jobs Grow In 1941 men were off to war and that allowed women to enter the work force. Since women were entering jobs it allowed America to expand the job market.
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B17 America introduced the B 17 Bomber. In 1942 the B 17 bomber was in route to Japan to unlease bombs. The max speed of these planes was 287 miles per hour.
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Attack on Germany In 1942 America attacks Germany after they attacked Pearl Harbor. This war would be known as World War 2. This war cost more money than any other war.
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Draft In 1940 President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act. Those acts created a draft for solders. In order to draft people they came up with a lottery drawing and that would determine who enters war.
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Cold War The Cold war began in 1945 and it was between the United States and the Soviet Union. Slavery was one of the biggest things that started the war.
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Atomic Bomb On August 1945 American planes dropped the Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima. America created a code name which was little boy. This bomb helped end World War Two.
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Military Desegregation President Harry Truman signed a law in 1948 that allowed whites and blacks to be in war together. This new changed gave blacks hope that soon racism will end.
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Hollywood In 1923 a new land for the famous became reality and it was called Hollywood Land. The name would later change to just Hollywood. Many movie stars lived in Hollywood.
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NBC In 1950 the NBC network was created. It brought many news and other tv shows. One of the hottest shows on NBC was Dragnet which was a drama show.
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Levittown Levittown was located in New York City and included a couple thousand homes.
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Interstate President Dwight Eisenhower created the Federal Aid Highway act in 1954. This new act allowed America to create more highways and expand so that people can travel with their cars.
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Americans spend $ for cars With neighborhoods expanding it made many Americans buy a car to travel. Sometime in the 1950's the roads of America had almost 40 million cars on the road.
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Boeing America was entering a new age- "The Flying Age". This allowed a new company "Boeing" to create new and large airplanes to travel people on.
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Vietnam War The Vietnam War began in 1959 and it was between America and Vietnam. Many Americans thought that they would lose the war and lost their support. Starting in 1969 Nixion started peace acts and would later end the war.
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South Grows After racism was no longer a major issue many blacks moved back down to the South and lived in the suburbs. Many called it the New South.
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Kennedy Killed On Nov 1 1963 Kennedy was Assassined in this car during the climax of the Cilvil War. He was shot at the Dealy Plaza in Dallas. Kennedy later died that day.
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Jeep These new jeeps allowed people to travel from point a to point b. The jeeps also transported weapons.
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Men on the Moon President John. F Kennedy wanted to put people onto the moon and he did. The first people on the moon was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. When the arrived on the moon they placed the American flag to show that they were there.
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Concert The Wood Stock was a three day concert. There was about 50,000 people at the concert which made it the biggest concert in NYC.
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Protest at Kent State' On May 4th 1970 Ohio National Guard fired into a large crowed at Kent State. That shot killed four people and wounded nine. The guard was called into the college because of a large group that was rallying for anti-war.
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Watergate The watergate scandal was the biggest scandal in U.S. history. On June 17th 1972 five men got caught breaking into the building and was arrested. People claimed Nixion was apart of this scandal so congress began working on his impeachment but Nixion decided to resign.
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Stock Market Crashes In 1973 the stock market crashed. Prices for everyday items rose and limited supply of items.
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Vietnam War ends The Vietnam War was between American and Vietnam. It finally ended in 1975 only because Nixon created peace treaties.
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Middle East Oil Problems Since the Middle East have been in several Wars it limited oil that other countries like the U.S would buy.
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Sept 11 2001 On September 11th 2011 several terrists took over American plans and flew them into the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and in Shanksville, PA. Many people died in these attacks.
