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The sinking of the Lustitania, which killed around 128 Americans, prompted the involvement of the United States to join the war on the side of the Allies. -
Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare and sank three American merchant ships. -
Women were given the right to vote by a constitutional amendment. -
The Wall Street Crash caused high unemployment rates and low salaries for workers. -
German Nazi's invaded Poland which then pushed America to enter World War II. -
Geopolitical tension between Communism and Democracy pitted Russia and the United States against each other.m -
United States provided funding and training to South Vietnam's government and military because of Vietnam's partition to the communist North and democratic South. -
Oliver Brown filed a class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. His daughter Linda Brown was denied entrance into an all-white elementary school. -
Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as a way to advocate for the civil and economic rights for Black Americans. -
Richard Nixon had been convicted of his role for covering up the scandal surrounding the break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.