Social Studies Timeline Tiele Hickman

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    World War I

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    This war centered in Europe.
  • NCSS is Founded

    NCSS is Founded

    One of their goals is to make social studies uniform across the country.
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    Great Depression

    This happened because of a stock market crash.
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    WWII

    Hitler believed in the superiority of the Aryan race.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    National Geographic Documentary: Pearl HarborThis event brought America into the war.
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    Korean War

    The Korean war was fought between North (a communist government) and South Korea.
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    Civil Rights movement

    Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of the civil rights movement.
  • First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

    First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

    This event is portrayed in the movie October Sky.
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    Vietnam

    A college student designed the Vietnam Memorial.
  • First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

    First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

    Russia had won the Space Race.
  • First Man on the Moon (Neil Armstrong ,USA)

    First Man on the Moon (Neil Armstrong ,USA)

    They had to rig the flag up with a wire because there is no wind on the moon.
  • Watergate

    Watergate

    The Watergate scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
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    NCLB mandate in schools

    NCLB decreased school emphasis on social studies and the arts.
  • World Trade Center Attacks

    World Trade Center Attacks

    I was in 4th grade when this happened.