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World War I
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NCSS is founded
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Great Depression
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WWII
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Korean War
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Civil Rights
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First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)
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Vietnam
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First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)
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First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)
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Watergate
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NCLB Mandate in Schools
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World Trade Center Attacks
I was a fifth grader at Meadow Elementary when this occurred. This is the same school at which I'll be an intern.
