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Time period of industrialization, economic growth, and big big social changes.
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Start: USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbour
End: Treaty of Paris
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
The 18th amendment is ratified, banning the sale and manufacturing of alcohol. Obviously did not go over well. -
Armistice signed between Germany and the Allies, officially ending the war. -
19th amendment ratified, allowing women the right to vote. Thanks, Susan B. Anthony! -
Largest economic downfall in US history, caused by bank failures, stock market crash, and government policies, among other reasons.
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The 21st amendment is ratified, allowing the liquor to flow free once more. -
Germany invades Poland. -
After Japans attack on pearl harbour the US decides to throw neutrality out the window and fight. -
Japan signs surrender documents, officially ending the war. -
After the events of WW2 the United Nations is formed, it's goal is to maintain global peace. -
After WW2 Korea was split into bad boo communist North Korea and cool normal South Korea. When North invaded South the UN sided with South while China sided with North. Eventually they settled on an armistice and the split became permanent.
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US Supreme Court says segregation is bad! They are right. -
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated during a presidential motorcade in Dallas, TX. -
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN. -
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. become the first men on the moon! Go team! -
The space shuttle "Challenger" explodes, killing all 7 crew members. -
The wall dividing East and West Berlin is torn down, signifying German unification. -
Two planes hit the world trade center in NYC in a terrorist attack. -
Space shuttle "Columbia" explodes killing all 7 crew members. -
After ten years of searching the US government finally finds the man behind 9/11, Osama Bin-Laden. He was hiding in a cave in Abbottabad, Pakistan, he was subsequently shot and killed. His body is buried at sea to avoid being viewed as a martyr. -
The 5th deadliest pandemic hits, forever changing how the world functions...ominous.