Social Studies Timeline-BYU

By eatmydust
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    World War I

    World War IGermany fought the Allies. They lost.
  • NCSS is Founded

    NCSS is Founded

    The NCSS is an advocate for social studies in the classroom.
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    Great Depression

    Great DepressionOn October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and everyone lost their jobs.
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    World War II

    Hitler went nuts and tried to rule the world with Japan. The United States & Great Britain stood up and decided they weren't going to put up with that. So they beat them.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This resulted in the US entering WWII.
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    Korean War

    Korean War MacArthur was the main general of the Korean War.
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    Civil Rights

    Civil Rights
  • First Satellite Launched

    First Satellite Launched

    The satellite's name was Sputnik.
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    Vietnam War

    Vietnam War It was the first time guerilla warfare was introduced and men were killed in extremely inhumane ways.
  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space

    The first man in space was Russian.
  • Watergate

    Watergate

    Nixon was involved in some scandal and tapes were involved.
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    NCLB

    NCLB President Bush mandated a new rule to help schools achieve their potential, although it was based on punishment rather than rewards.
  • WTC Attacks

    WTC Attacks

    The Taliban got together and decided that they hated America. They hijacked planes, and flew them into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania (those were awesome citizens that crashed the plane into the field).
  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. Some people think it was a big conspiracy.