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Henry Ford invents the first car affordable to the general American Public.
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The Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico, asking for an alliance to attack America if the opportunity arose. They also wished to include Japan in the event of that happening. It was intercepted by British Intelligence, and the German Foreign Secretary admitted it was genuine. This stirred the American people into an outrage, ultimately causing the US to enter the war.
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Germany surrenders, ending the first World War.
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The 19th Amendment to the Constitution. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." It allowed women to vote.
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The first time a man flew an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping.
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The beginning of the Stock Market crash that spurred the start of the Great Depression.
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany.
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A series of experimental programs and projects, instituted President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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The British and French Prime Ministers sign a pact with Hitler. It averted a war, but Germany retained Czechoslovakia.
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German troops invade Poland from all sides; the German U-boats and warships attack the Polish navy. This act of aggression leads Britain and France into declaring war on Germany. This is the start of World War II
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, trying to take out the Americana fleet. America enters WWII.
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The start of the Battle of Normandy, which lasted 3 months. 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches along 50 miles of Frances Normandy region.
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America drops a uranium bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Japan refuses to yield, so America drops another more powerful plutonium bomb on Nagasaki, called Fat Man.
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An 8,000 word telegram sent by George Kennan to the Department of state, explaining his views on the soviet union, and his thoughts on what U.S. policy should by towards them.
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The Invention of the Internet.
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