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This was the transition from going to working with your hands to using machines. Things like the Walt Steam Engine helped out during this period.
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This was the period after the Civil War. Many people dissaproved of what was going on in America.
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This was where the treaty to end the Civil War was made.
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This was between Spain and the United States.The result was the Treaty of Paris.
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This was used to improve trade. People could also send military units throughout this canal.
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AKA the "Great War." This was the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire) versus the Triple Entente (France, Great Britain, and Russia.) America join April 6, 1917.
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This introduces the 18th amendment. Jazz music becomes popular, mixing African-American culture with white culture.
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Bank failures and the stock market crash caused the Great Depression. The New Deal was the three r's. They were Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
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This war consited of the Allied troops (Great Britan, France, and the Soviet Union) versus the Axis troops (Germany, Japan, Italy.) France surrundered on June 22, 1940. America joins the war after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. This is on December 7, 1941 in Hawaii, or December 8th in Japan.
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This war lasted for the most part of the 20th century. Geoge Orwell coined the term "Cold War."
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This was the first military action in the Cold War. By the end of this war, 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives.
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America wanted to expand further because of the Manifest Destiny, and to make naval bases. The Hawaii Annexation happened in 1869. It officialy joined the Union as the 50th state in 1951.
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In Vietnam, this war is known as the American War. Also known as the second Indochina War.
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Codenamed Operation Desert Storm. Friendly fire was the cause for about a third of all the 200 Americans killed.
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Al-Qaeda crashed planes into the twin towers. Many people jumped out of the towers.
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This War is still going on Today. It has lasted for over 12 years. This war is The War in Afghanistan.
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On March 20th, America invaded Iraq for the first time. Opertation Iraqi Freedom is the war that is going on in Iraq.
