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The significance of this date is that the US became considered a world power after its victory in the Spanish-American War.
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Major Powers in Europe stuggling to gain the "upper hand", militarily
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The stock market crashed and America fell into the Great Depression
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The stock market crashed and people lost their jobs, families lost their homes. Nobody had any money. Kids were leaving home when they became teenagers.
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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This event brought the US into World War II.
