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The Model T was the first automobile to be generally affordable for the public, and revolutionized transport. It happened because Henry Ford was able to perfect the moving assembly line.
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The Zimmerman Telegraph was a telegraph sent from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance should America decide to enter the war. It was sent on January 17, 1917 and intercepted on January 19, 1917. It caused America to enter the war.
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This is when the World War 1 Armistice was signed, putting an end to World War 1. I occurred at 5 a.m., and hostilities were ceased at 11 a.m.
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This was when the 19th Amendment was passed by Congress. It was the amendment that gave women the right to vote.
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This was when the 19th Amendment officially became a part of the Constitution and law. This was when women were really given the right to vote.
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This was when Charles Lindbergh flew solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. This was very revolutionary.
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Black Thursday was the start of the Great Crash (a stock market crash), marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
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This 'New Deal' was proposed by F.D. Roosevelt. It enacted many things, such as Bank Holiday, FDIC, Home Owners' Loan Corp, and Securities Act. It was aimed to fix the Depression.
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Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany, which eventually led to the Nazi party coming to power.
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The second part of the 'New Deal.' Its goal still was to attempt to fix the Depression. Things such as Social Security, the Wagner Act, and REA were put into place.
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This was when Czechoslovakia surrendered the Sudetenland to Germany in an attempt to avoid war. This date is when the agreement was signed
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Hitler invaded Poland, quickly conquering them. Britain and France got involved by declaring war against Germany, and this marked the beginning of World War 2.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was an attack by the Japanese Navy on America. It was what dragged America into World War 2.
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D-Day was when troops allied with France invaded the Germany-controlled France and attempted to liberate France from German control.
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This was when America dropped the first nuclear bombs of WW2 on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki. The effects were devastating, and started the idea of nuclear war.
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This, as the name suggests, was when the UN was finally ratified and formed.
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A telegram sent by George F. Kennan that gave details about the Soviet policy that became very important in the Cold War.
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This was a sort of alliance between countries that they would help defend each other during the Cold War if they were to be attacked.
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This was when the Soviet Union succeeded in creating an atomic bomb, and sped up the nuclear race.
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This was when North Korea went to war against South Korea during the Cold War.
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This was when segregation in schools became illegal, and was important in the Civil Rights Movement.
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This was a war that lasted 20 YEARS where North Vietnam and South Vietnam went to war with each other. The U.S. were allies with South Vietnam, and got involved a couple of time.
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This was when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat when demanded by the bus driver to move so a white man could have her seat. She was arrested for this, and it was a major act against bus segregation in the Civil Rights Movement
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This was when America and the Soviet Union got incredibly close to starting a nuclear war. The Soviet Union shipped missiles to Cuba, which caused a great amount of contention.
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This was when the president John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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Following the attacks in the Gulf of Tonkin, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was signed, giving America a reason to place more military in Southeast Asia.
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This was when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and when Neil Armstrong became the very first person to ever walk on the moon, which was a huge milestone for mankind.
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This was when 5 men broke into the Watergate complex, planted listening devices and stole documents, and were arrested for their crimes.
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This was when Nixon, current U.S. president, resigned from office as a result of the Watergate Break-ins. He was the first U.S. president to resign.
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This was when the real structure of the Internet occurred. It didn't really become super available to the public until 1991
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This was when the Berlin Wall fell. The fall became a symbol of freedom.
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This was when a group of terrorists hijacked 4 planes and crashed them into several landmarks, including the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Many, many people were killed during this.
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The Covid-19 Pandemic was a global pandemic from the coronavirus, shutting down pretty much everything and killing millions of people. It really entered the U.S. in January 2020, and was declared to no longer be an emergency in May 2023.