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Unsafe working conditions led to the tragic death of 146 workers of this factory. This led to the development of laws to protect the rights and safety of workers. -
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This would mark the start of World War I. -
The United States joins nearly three years after the start of the war. The main motivation for our entry into the war was due to Germany sinking U.S. merchant ships. -
The Armistice agreement was a ceasefire between the Allied powers and Germany. This marked the end of fighting and defeat of Germany, however the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 officially ended the war. -
The stock market crash in 1929 would be one of the main causes of the Great Depression. The Great Depression established record unemployment and many people were living in poverty. -
The Second World War begins with Germany's invasion of Poland. Great Britain and France later declared war on Germany. The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan. The Allies were France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The United States would join the war in 1941 with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. -
The Axis Powers surrendered in 1945 and the Paris Peace Treaties officially ended the Second World War in 1947. -
Landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education ended racial segregation of students in public schools. -
This law banned discrimination based on race, gender, or nationality. -
This marked the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. at the time. Two high school students shot and killed twelve students and one teacher.