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The Civil War begins with Confederate guns firing upon Fort Sumter.
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With the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, the Civil war ended.
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The U.S. intruded on the Cubans fight for independence from Spain, leading to the Spanish-American War.
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The start of America's building of factories, the invention of the automobile, and the assembly line.
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After over 2 years of trying to keep the U.S. out of it, President Woodrow Wilson finally went to Congress to request a declaration of war on April 2nd. 4 days later, Congress agreed and the U.S. went to war.
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First time where the U.S. government and its people were worried about people and/or groups who could affect America as a whole.
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Though staged to bring publicity to Dayton, Tennessee, it was still the first time the creation-evolution controversy was debated, and led to the theory ofevolution being chosen.
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After reaching an all time high just 6 weeks earlier, the Stock Market reached an all time low and ultimately crashed on October 29, 1929.
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As soon as the Stock Market crashed, The Great Depression began.
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Hitler is elected Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg.
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After dealing with the Polio virus which took away his mobility, F.D.R. beat H. Hoover and became President in 1933.
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After Germany and the U.S.S.R. signed a non-agression pact, they both invaded, took control of, and annexed Poland.
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After the German and Soviet invasion of Poland, the nations of Europe delare war on each other, starting the second World War.
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The Japanese Imperial Fleet launches a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, leading to U.S. intervention into WW2.
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The Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, showing the world that the U.S. had created the world's most deadliest weapon at the time.
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The Fat Man atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, showing the world that the U.S. had created the world's most deadliest weapon at the time.
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After the dropping of atomic bombs on Japanese soil, Japan offers its unconditional surrender.
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Starting with North Korean forces invading South Korea, the U.N. sent in troops (mostly Americans), starting the Korean War.
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Starting with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white man on the bus, the boycott lasted nearly a year and almost bankrupted the bus company.
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The Soviet Union were the first to put a satellite into space, the Sputnik 1.
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Soldiers trained by the CIA and the Mafia attempt to invade and take over Cuba, ultimately ending in their complete and utter defeat.
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Almost overnight, the Berlin Wall is erected to keep East and West Germany seperate.
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With the U.S.S.R. backing Cuba and putting missiles on its soil aimed at the U.S., the two world superpowers came as close as ever to Mutual Assured Destruction.
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After pulling the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis, J.F.K. is shot and killed in Dallas, Texas.
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After spending most of his adult life fighting for racial equality, MLK Jr. is assasinated in Tennessee.
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Marking the end of the Vietnam War, the Fall of Siagon was the final victory by the North Vietnamese that resulted in the capture of Siagon, subsequent renaming to Ho Chi Minh City, and the surrender of South Vietnam.
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Students and militant soldiers took over the American Embassy in Tehran, holding 52 American hostages for four-hundred and fourty-four days.
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After 28 years of keeping East and West seperated, the wall came down with the collapse of the S.U.
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After being on the bring of economic collapse trying to keep up with the U.S. nuclear program, the U.S.S.R. was finally officially disbanded.
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Starting with Iraqi invasion and annexation of Kuwait, leading to U.N. intervention.
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In 1991, Bosnia and Herzegovina joined several republics of the former Yugoslavia and declared independence, which triggered a civil war that lasted four years.
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4 planes were hijacked, with 3 hitting their targets (the Twin Towers and the Pentagon) while the 4th crash landed.
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Starting with the Invasion of Iraq, the U.S. and other allied countries started the War on Terror.
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Barack Obama becoms the United States first black president.
