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civil war breaks out
The united states of america (north) and the confederate states of america are fighting. The war began in 1861 and it lasted for four years. The wars raged all over the south and the north. The reason why this war happened was the south was for pro slavery and the north was against it. -
Civil war ends
The united states of america won the war against the confederacy. The war ended in may, 13, 1865. The confederacy was force to join the united states of america. slaves were no longer slaves anymore. -
Wright bros first flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright created the first flyable plane. There first flight was on December 17 1903. It happened near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They did this because they knew they could make a human fly. -
the great depresion starts
The entire world faced an economic crash. Nobody is sure how this happened since there were many reasons. This crisis was all over the world -
World war two
A humungous war between the allies and the axis. A Giant war that took place in Europe, Asia, Africa, the ocean, and more places. The war took place in 1931 and ended in 1945. After the great depression, Germany needed money so the tried to take over the world. They failed and the allies won ending WW2 -
cold war begins
The US has a war against USSR. But there is no fighting just a bunch of spying. This happened in 1947 and ended in 1991. This war was in the US and Russia because would infiltrate the country. The reason why this happened was beacause back then the US the USSR was one of the strongest countries in the world and they had completely different ideologies. -
civil rights movement
African Americans got fed up with the way they were treated. This movement happened in the united states. This movement started in 1954. People were mad the way they were treated only by there race, religion, gender, and more. -
space race starts
In 1957 the US and Russia are at it again. The two countries are trying to see who can put their own people on the moon first. The two places this is taking place in is in the US and Russia. Amirica was scared that russia would take over space so they started making a rokets. -
ham the first chimp in space
Ham the space chimp was the first chimp in space. This was a test by the US for the space race. Ham was born in 1957 and sadly died in 1983. He was born in Cameroon and died in the US. They were testing how people would react to space. -
apollo 11 lands on moon
The US land the first people on the moon. In 1969 The US won the space race by being the first country to send its people to the moon. They landed on the light side of the moon. The reason why they tride to get to the moon was because after russia sent sputnik into space the US got scared that russia could release nukes from sace s they tride to get there men to the moon.
