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Makes the automobile affordable and available to everyone.
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Telegram uncovered from German Prime Minister Zimmerman to Mexico. Essentially says that if America joins WW1 then Mexico and Germany should make an alliance to fight on American soil.
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Ends the first World War.
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Gives right to vote to women.
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Flew nonstop from New York City to Paris.
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Investors panicked and sold all their stocks and started the Wall Street Crash and Great Depression.
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Signifies Hitler's rise to power and initiating the Nazi regime.
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Directly addressed the unemployment of the Great Depression by creating millions of jobs through government programs.
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Agreement between Germany, the UK, France and Italy that gave Germany Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler marches through and takes over Poland. Start of WW2.
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Japanese aircraft bomb the American navy stationed in Pearl Harbor. Pushed America to join WW2.
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Combined effort to retake France by the Allies. Largest seaborn invasion ever.
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American B-29's drop 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9. Kills hundreds of thousands of civilians and many more through radiation poisoning.
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Creates an organization between 50 nations that is dedicated to international security.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance between 30 countries spread across North America and Europe.
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Explains US Policy towards communism and marks the beginning of the Cold War.
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Start of the Cold War and arms race between America and Russia.
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Communist North Korea and the Soviet Union invade South Korea and America comes to defend democracy from the spread of communism.
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Supreme Court declares segregation by the state is unconstitutional.
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Essentially a war between all major communist and democratic powers. North Vietnam was backed by the Soviet Union and China while South Vietnam's allies were America, the Philippines and other anti-communist forces.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat up to a white male passenger on a bus and is arrested. Inspires others to join the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Soviet Union places missiles in Cuba and created a standoff between America and the Soviet Union. It ended with JFK removing missiles in Turkey and the Soviets taking theirs away.
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He was shot by Harvey Lee Oswald while driving through Texas.
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Congress passed this resolution, which allowed LBJ to use any measures to keep Southeastern Asian peaceful.
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First humans to ever set foot on the Moon. They planted an American flag and collected many rocks and natural objects for scientific purposes.
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Burglars, who were breaking into the Watergate Complex, were arrested and eventually traced to the Nixon reelection campaign and that broke most of the trust American's had in their government.
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Following the Watergate Scandal, Nixon resigned because all his political support was destroyed. He is the only president to ever do so.
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The creation of the internet opened limitless possibilities to the world through communication and access to knowledge.
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The Berlin Wall symbolized the Cold War and the tearing down of that wall was a symbol of the end of the Cold War and communism in Europe.
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Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked several planes and crashed them into the twin towers and the Pentagon but the last one was headed towards Washington DC but crashed after passengers interfered.
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A new virus was officially recognized causing widespread fear and panic. The virus has killed over 350,000 people in the US alone and has left millions unemployed.