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The league of nations was formed so that the world may be united and we could talk things over instead of starting wars. i chose this event because it impacted the world, brought people together, and prevented chaos.
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This event gave women the right to vote. I chose this because new rights are always a major event.
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In the late 20's the stock market crashed and caused many people or even just the average person to live miserable life. I chose this event because it caused hardships for the majority of the citizens in the U.S.
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Sept. 1st 1939 Hitler invades poland driving Britain AND France to both declare war on Germany. I chose this event because over the next 6 years the fighting and conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war.
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He was the first african american major league baseball player.
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June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea. I chose this event because when the nation joins a war the nation is impacted as a whole.
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All american men were required to register for the draft. Celebrities were drafted alongside ordinary citizens.
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The march on washington for jobs and freedom took place in august 1963 and was the setting for the celebrated "i have a dream" speech by the reverend.
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John F Kennedy, the 35th president of the united states, was assassinated on friday, November 22 1963 at 12:30 p.m. in dallas Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through dealey plaza.
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A civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in memphis Tennessee, on april 4th, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7:05 p.m. He was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement and a Nobel peace Prize laureate who was know for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience.
