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Important Moments in History

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    WWI

    WWI
    A global War that involved all of the world's greatest economic powers.
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    The Great Depression

    A world-wide economic crisis that originated around the U.S. stock market crash.
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    WWII

    Second Global War beginning with the German invasion of Poland. The two opposing forces were the Allies and the Axis.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    An attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy which led to the US entry in WWII
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    Korean War

    War between North Korea and South Korea partially as a result of the political divide at the end of WWII.
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    Civil Rights

    Movement fighting for equality before the law including the rights of Women, African Americans, and many others.
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    Vietnam

    A war between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam with the support of the U.S. over the issues of communism.
  • First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

    First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

    First human to complete an orbit around Earth in outer space.
  • First Man on the Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

    First Man on the Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

    First man to land an walk on the Moon.
  • Watergate

    Watergate

    A political scandal involving the break in at the Headquarters of the Democratic National Committee resulting in the resignation of President Nixon
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    N.C.L.B

    Legislation passed supporting standards-based education which raised higher expectations for teachers and schools performance in the hopes of increasing individual student achievement