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Began in West Virginia, where railroad workers protested about wage cuts. This quickly had spread to multiple states becoming a nationwide strike.
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Federal Law aimed to promote economic fairness and competition, by prohibiting monopolies, and cartels.
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Defined US dollar by gold weight and requiring the US treasury to redeem on demand and in gold coin only.
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The ship collided with an iceberg near Newfoundland. Hours later the ship sank, causing thousands to lose their lives.
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The German submarine u-20 torpedoed and sank Lusitania, causing 1200 people to lose their lives.
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19th amendment was ratified to give women the right to vote.
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The US department of war forced black veterans families to travel on segregated ships to visit their loved ones in Europe.
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Amelia Earhart became the first women to preform a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Japanese Navy Launched surprise attack on US naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Allied invasion of France , Pivotal movement in the European Theater.
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No person can be elected into office more than twice.
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Ruled that racial segregation in public school was unconstitutional.
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Shot and killed in Dallas Texas while riding in a motorcade.
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Spaceflight conducted by NASA, first human on the moon.
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Elvis Presley died at the age of 42 due to drug usage and then experience a heart attack.
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Terrorist attack on the US, 53 Americans were taken and weren't released until the next presidential inauguration a year later.
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Spread of HIV lead to a world -wide panic, there was limited knowledge about the disease.
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Election of William Clinton the 42nd president.
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Terrorist attacks on the US, two planed getting ran into the twin towers.
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Disease that broke out and shut down most of America