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World War I involved two groups of countries in opposition over Germany invading several countries, resulting in almot 10 million people killed in four years.
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The National Council for the Social Studies is founded, the largest association dedicated to Social Studies education.
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Resulting from a culmination of several factors, America's economy fell into a deep recession in which many people lost their jobs, families went starving, and money became sparse.
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The Allies and the Axises fought against each other for a period of almost exactly 6 years, resulting in the most severe loss of human life during war,
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Documentary ClipJapanese war planes flew intentionally into the Pearl Harbor located in Hawaii during World War II which led to America entering the international war.
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This was a war between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea in which America assisted the South and China & the Soviet Union backed the North.
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A period of public unrest and protest to change brutual and unfair laws about the basic rights and liberties of African American citizens.
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Russia launched the first satellite ever into space during a time where relations between America and Russia were minimal and wary.
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American went to Vietnam to prevent South Vietnam from becoming a communist government.
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Yuri Gagarin from Russia becomes the first human to enter space; America consequently races to increase thier technological abilities.
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Neil Armstrong is the first person to ever step onto the surface of the moon- a extremely successful mission for NASA.
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The Watergate Scandal was a political scandal involving Richard Nixon and his adminstistration; the President resigned on this day- the only president to do so thus far.
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This is Act of Congress that regulates school perfomance on standardized testing across several core subjects and enforces consequences on low scores and/or little progress.
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Two airplanes were hijacked by terrorists and purposefully flown into the World Trade Center buildings in NYC; this same terrorist organization also attempted hijacking other airplanes to fly into the Pentagon that same day.
