Sample Historic Events

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    WWI

    A single event caused a domino effect that plunged the whole world into a war of alliances.

  • NCSS is Founded

    The National Council for the Social Studies is devoted to supporting social studies in education.
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    Great Depression

    FDR helped America climb out of the depression through New Deal acts.
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    WWII

    One reason WWII erupted was the severe punishment forced on Germany after WWI.

  • Pearl Harbor

    This attack launched the United States of America into WWII. Click Here for More Information
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    Korean War

    This resulted from the political division of Korea.
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    Civil Rights

    This was the fight for rights that, in some ways, still continues today.

  • First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

    This occured during the great space race between the United States and Russia.
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    Vietnam

    This was a war that was not supported by the general public.
  • First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

    First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

    This was another event during the space race.
  • First Man on Moon

    First Man on Moon

    Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission.

  • Watergate

    This was one of the most well known scandals in US history.
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    N.C.L.B. mandate in schools

    This mandate gives schools funding if they administer certain assessments.

  • World Trade Center Attacks

    I remember watching the attacks on the news and thinking it was not real because it was too horrible to be real.