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WWI
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NCSS if Founded
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Great Depression
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WWII
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, which is one deciding factor in why the U.S. entered WWII.
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Korean War
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Civil Rights
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First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)
Sputnik (from Russia) was the first satellite in space, which made the U.S. become competetive with Russia in trying to go to space. -
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Vietnam
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First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)
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Watergate
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N.C.L.B. mandate in schools
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World Trade Center Attacks
On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center in New York was attacked by al-Qaeda (a radical Islimist group) as they flew an airplane into the building.
