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    WWI 1914 - 1918

    This was a wa in the trenches.

  • NCSS is Founded

    NCSS is Founded
    It has grown to be the larges association in the country devoted to Social Studies and there are 10 themes within its framework.
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    Great Depression

    The start of the Depression was from a Stock Market Collapse.
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    WWII

    Terrible horrors were commited during this war.

  • Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941

    Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941
    Pearl Harbor Information"A date which will live in infamy."-F.D.R
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    Korean War

    The United States aided South Korea in the war.
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    Civil Rights 1955 – 1968

    Dr. King and Rosa Parks are important people of this time.

  • First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

    First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)
    It spent about 3 months in orbit.
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    Vietnam

    Vietnam PictureAmericans hoped to prevent a communist take over.

  • First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia) 1961

    First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia) 1961
    He was the first to travel in space and orbit the Earth.

  • First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

    First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)
    This event was described as "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

  • Watergate

    Watergate
    It was a scandal.
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    N.C.L.B. mandate in schools

    It was a good idea and it created some accountability.

  • World Trade Center Attacks

    World Trade Center Attacks
    On September 11th the World Trade Centers and Pentagon were attacked. A plane also crashed in Pennsylvania.