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United States enters WWI declaring war on Germany and then Austria Hungary. A year later an armistice was signed officially ending WWI.
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An influenza epidemic spreads across the world, killing 500,000 United States citizens. -
The stock market crashed leading to economic downturn and increasing unemployment. It was one of the main cause of the Great Depression. -
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to make a nonstop transatlantic flight. -
The United States enters World War II fighting on two fronts. Fighting happened on the European front against Hitler and the Nazis and the Asia-pacific front against Japan. Women enter the work place. Rations are required. -
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan effectively ending WWII. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas declares the segregation is unconstitutional. -
Alaska becomes the 49th state.
Hawaii becomes the 50th state. -
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his now famous speech " I Have A Dream" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the march on Washington calling for an end to racism in the United States. -
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. -
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. -
Citizens are can now travel between East and West Germany. -
Texas Gov. George W. Bush declared President of the United States after a five week hold and a Supreme Court decision.