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Franz Ferdinand was assasinated
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Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia
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Germany invaded Belgium, they had the strategy known as the Schlieffen Plan.
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The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
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The British put up a blockade, which meant that it blocked the german coast to prevent weapons and other military supplies from getting through.
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Germany got back at Britian with a U-Boat (Unaterseeboot- German submarine.)
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The U-Boat sank on the liner of Lustania off the southern coast of Ireland
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The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli
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wilson called for "a peace without victory....a peace between equals" wilson wanted nations to join in a "leauge for peace".
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Germany ignored wilsons request for peace and continued war
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Zimmerman note a telegraph from the german foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico
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First women elected to congress, only member of the house to vote against the United States entering WW1.
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Wilson Vs. Hughes. Hughes went to bed president but in the morning was informed that Wilson was relected
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Armistice between Germany and Russia signed
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Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks
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a flappper was a emancipated young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day
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First to fly acrossed the Atlantic Ocean
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women were given the right to vote
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established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country.
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The Dakar Railroad was completed
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The Klu klux klan was devoted to 100 percent americanism began to cause trouble again with other groups unlike them selves.
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a liteerary and artistic movement celebrating african american cultiure
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The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast.
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legendary star that hit 60 homeruns
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bootlegging began where people would smuggle liquor
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The advent of talking pictures emerges. Al Jolson in the Jazz Singer debuts in New York City.
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The first Academy Awards are Presented
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More than 40% of the nations banks failed
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Jane Addams shares the Nobel Peace prize
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8.02 million americans became unemployed.
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The Bonus Army arrives in Washington, D.C.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated.
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The twenty-first amendment ends Prohibition.
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"Century of Progress Expostion" begins.
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The Indian Reorganization Act was passed.
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Congress creates the SEC to regulate the stock market.
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Congress passed the Social Secruity Act.
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President Roosevelt was reelected.
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Labor unions using sit down strikes
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Route 66 is completed, linking Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California.
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The Wizard of Oz is released in the movie theaters
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10,000 Japanese troops launched a counter-attack in eastern Shanxi Province in China in an attempt to relieve the nearly-surrounded Japanese 36th Division.
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USSR agrees to supply grain and raw materials to Germany in a new trade treaty.
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The British 7th Tank Regiment, along with the 4th Indian Division, attack Italian positions at Tummar West and Nibeiwa
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Adolf Hitler directs his generals in planning the invasion of Denmark and Norway.
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Last day of Operation Dynamo. 224,686 British and 121,445 French and Belgian troops have been evacuated.
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Germany invades Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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Berlin and Hamburg are bombed heavily
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Last day of Operation Dynamo. 224,686 British and 121,445 French and Belgian troops have been evacuated.
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German ships begin operating out of captured bases along the French coast
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Germany's Jews are ordered to wear yellow stars for identification.
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Massive convoys breed equal massive measures - German U-boats begin operating in 20-strong "Wolf Packs" with coordinated attacks.
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President Roosevelt wins a third term. The British see the event as promising of more help from the US.
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The British naval force moving against Taranto comes under attack from Italian aircraft near Malta.
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Swordfish L5F scored a direct hit via bomb on the Trento.
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The Italian Catanzaro Division is captured, delivering another 30,000 Italian prisoners of war.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism begins
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General Douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman for comments about using nuclear weapons on China
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22nd Amendment, establishing term limits for President
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Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated as President
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Warsaw Pact, which establishes a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe (including the USSR)
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The U.S. refuses to provide military support the Hungarian Revolution
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President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period
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American "U2" spy plane shot down over the USSR.
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John F Kennedy moves into the White House. He gives his famous speech - "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
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Martin luther king gave his "I had a dream" speech
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Apollo 11 landed on the moon, astronauts aboard. Neil Armstrong's famous speech for the historical steps "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
