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The 13th Amendment was ratified on this date, which abolished slavery and was a big step for African-Americans -
America desired to expand Westward, believing it was their god-given right -
Barbed wire is invented this year, an invention that would contribute geographically and symbolically to the end of the frontier and the American Wild West -
On this date, John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil, marking the start of industrialization and a long period of robber barons, monopolies, and society-changing economic change
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William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan, marking a significant landmark in America's shift from rural to urban societal interests
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While not necessarily caused by yellow journalism, it is said to have been a major influential factor for why this war was waged -
On this date, the US declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary -
The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote, and was ratified on this date -
With the Volstead act going into effect, the Prohibition era went into effect, sparking the beginning of the cultural wave of the Roaring 20s -
With the stock market crash, banking panics, and other financial disasters, The Great Depression begins
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The Dust Bowl begins and lasts in the 1930's, leading the southwestern US to experience much drought, dirt, and poverty during this time, leading to economic and societal struggle -
Franklin D. Roosevelt begins post-WWI reforms with The New Deal
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The US officially entered WWII on this date, the day after the Pearl Harbor attack -
On this date, the US dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan, effectively ending WWII -
The announcement of the Truman Doctrine was on this date, arguably beginning the Cold War -
The US officially enters the Korean War on this date
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This marks the official beginning of American involvement in the Vietnam War -
On this date, in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington -
On this date, a series of investigations started that would become the downfall of Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal -
My favorite movie, Rocky, was released in theaters on this date