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After assassination, Teddy Roosevelt became president. 1901-1915 -
Connects the Atlantic to the Pacific (opened in 1914)
President-Teddy R. -
Henry Ford makes first affordable car -
16th- establishment of income tax
17th- direct election of senators -
WWI began in Europe
Bloodiest war in history "The Great War" -
NEW PRESIDENT!! Woodrow Wilson -
Established the draft -
outlaws the purchase, sale and transport of alcohol -
Gave women the right to vote
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FDR became the new president
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Unemployment rates reached 25%
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FDR creation of countless jobs, most productive of any president's 1st 100 days
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establishes funds for unemployed and elderly
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Germany (led by Adolf Hitler) invades Poland; wwe begins
U.S. attempts isolationism from war in Europe -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor leading the US to join the war
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Midway- U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific
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creation of the Atomic Bomb
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Largest land/sea invasion
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Allies liberate Nazi concentration camps in Eastern Europe
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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Harry Truman became president
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Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) - Japan surrenders
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describes division of Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe
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U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it
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USSR blocks all aid into West Berlin; Berlin Airlift-U.S. drops food and supplies by air to West Berlin
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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) created - alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe
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U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953
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overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional
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Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up seat on bus to whites
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onas Salk-creates polio vaccine
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USSR launches first satellite in space
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1st televised Presidential debate - JFK vs. Nixon
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Lunch Counter "Sit-Ins” spark waves of civil rights protest; SCLC created by MLK, Jr.
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divides East and West Berlin (East was communist)
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speech given by MLK - speech for civil rights
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Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates JFK in Dallas, TX
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launches "Great Society" program to end poverty and racism
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bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places
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police must read suspects their rights
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Jimmy Carter