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1945 BCE
The atomic vomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 200000 people and signed the end of the war
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1944 BCE
24 August,Paris was freed
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1944 BCE
6 June, D-Day allied troops landed in Normandy
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1944 BCE
4 June,Rome was freed from German control
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1943 BCE
American troops landed in Sicily
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1942 BCE
Manhattan Project started
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1941 BCE
Japanese attack at Pearl Harbour determinated the entry of USA in the war
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1940 BCE
Second World War broke out but USA did not join the conflict
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1932 BCE
Franklin D.Roosevelt became President
He started a plan of reforms called New Deal in order to improve the economic situation -
1929 BCE
Wall street crash, collapse of the american stock market that caused a crisis known as Great Depression
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Period: 1919 BCE to 1928 BCE
In the USA the economy grew quickly
-New industries and a cut of taxation incresed profits and made the economy stronger(not the same for the south-west and the midwest towns)
-Reactionary attitudes : fear of socialism, restriction of the immigration, segregation of minorities, proibition of manufacture, import and consumption of alcohol -
1918 BCE
Armistice was signed and the war ended
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1917 BCE
After the sinking of the british transatlantic Lusitania Usa decided to join the war, helping France and GB
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1914 BCE
Panama Canal is built
World War I broke out but USA remain neutral -
1898 BCE
Spanish-American war is won by USA wich acquires new colonies(Cuba,Puerto Rico,Philippines)
Usa annexed Hawaii
USA supports Panama's rebellion against Columbia -
1895 BCE
Usa supported Cuba's rebellion against Spain
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1867 BCE
USA bought Alaska