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World war I
There were two sides, the Central Powers, and the Allied Powers, Germany wanted to invade France and Russia but Germans lost. -
America enters World War I
Germans sank a lot of American ships. Also they joined the war because Americans didn't like what Germans were doing -
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The great depression
The stock market crashed and then the dustbowl happened and unemployment rose to 23% -
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The Dust Bowl
Due to bad farming practices, and droughts. Many people left the area during the Dust Bowl and moved to other places. -
The first session of the Unicameral
The unicameral was made by George Norris and it uses one house instead of 2 -
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World war II
It was the bloodiest and most destructive war ever, It started because Hitler rearmed the nation and wanted to rule the world. It included the axis powers and the allied powers -
America enters World War II
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor Americans got mad and declared war on Japan -
Enola Gay was made
Enola Gay was the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and it was made in Nebraska -
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SAC is at Offutt Air Base
They had a lot of bombers all over and they had icbm and they were in control of planes and icbms -
U.S. enters Vietnam War
U.S.A gets involved in the Vietnam war. -
Race Riots in Omaha
During 1966-1969 there were a lot of riots due to racial tensions and -
UNL students protest the Vietnam war
UNL students and teachers didn't like the war and the draft so they went into the military and naval science building and wanted to shut down the draft board.