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A conflict that involved countries in Europe, Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions, US joined in 1917 after Germany sunk US ships
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An extreme worldwide economic depression that occurred in the 1930s, beginning in the United States
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Multiple programs and projects launched during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, focused on bringing prosperity back to Americans
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A global war that included many of the world's countries, involved all of the great powers, establishing the Allies and Axis powers (military alliances)
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Unexpected aerial attack at Pearl Harbor (US naval base) on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese, resulted in U.S. entry into World War II
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Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, gave benefits to returning World War II veterans
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American bombing raids on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, first time atomic weapons were used in war, resulted in Japan’s surrender
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A political movement to eradicate organized discrimination, segregation, and disenfranchisement based on race in the United States
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Time span of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies
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The spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon
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