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The first Model T came out! Invented for ordinary people to drive everyday.
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This notorious letter helped accelerate the United States decision to join WWI.
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The Great War Ends! Germany finally signs the armistice agreement.
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After years of fighting for their voice, female citizens are finally granted the right to vote.
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Lindbergh lands near Paris! Completing the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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The United States stock market begins to crash, spiraling them into The Great Depression.
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After Hitler's rise to prominence, he is named chancellor of Germany.
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A series of projects and programs meant to help the United States get out of the Great Depression.
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French and British Prime Ministers sign the Munich pact with Adolf Hitler, resulting in Germany's conquest of Czechoslovakia though diverting the outbreak of war.
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Hitler's troops invade Poland, all along the 1,750 mile border of the country.
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United States naval base near Honolulu is attacked by the Japanese, 2,400 Americans died in the attack. The next day the U.S. declares war on Japan.
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The largest amphibious attack in history occurred when the allies invaded Western Europe.
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The first deployed nuclear bomb was dropped over the city of Hiroshima, 3 days later a second bomb was dropped over Nagasaki.
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The United Nations was formed to negotiate and maintain the peace of all the nations.
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The long telegram was sent by George Kennan, telling of his views on the Soviet Union.
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The United States along with 11 other Western nations formed NATO, splitting the nation in half.
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The Soviet's detonate their first atom bomb, performing many different tests along with it.
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As Communism spread through Korea, a battle began between the North and South. The United States joining with the South because of the United Nations.
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A huge step in the civil rights movement! The Supreme Court decides that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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The Vietnam War was increasingly unpopular among U.S. Citizens, eventually dividing Americans which led to America's withdrawal.
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Rosa parks helped to start the civil rights movement in America by refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
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The U.S and Soviets participated in a 13-day political stand-off when the U.S. discovered that the Soviets were storing armed nuclear missiles on Cuba.
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While traveling through Dallas, Texas John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
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America's full involvement in the Vietnam war was started when they were authorized to repel any attacks on the U.S.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin are the first humans to land on the moon!
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Robberies occurring in Washington D.C. lead up to the first ever presidential resignation.
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Involvement in the Watergate scandal lead President Nixon to resign.
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The U.S. first used the internet as a weapon in the Cold War.
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After years of separation, families and friends are finally reunited as the Berlin Wall falls.
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Two planes were flown into the twin towers and one was flown into the World trade center during a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.
