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Thomas Edison, after numerous tests, made the light bulb. He beat out many other inventors to become the first person to produce a functioning light bulb
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone
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During the American Civil War, Clara Barton organized relief for wounded soldiers and became known as the “Angel of the Battlefield.” She later worked for the International Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. She established the U.S. branch of the Red Cross in 1881.
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The U.S. acquires Puerto Rico and Guam. Also occupies Cuba and the Philippines
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The Wright Brothers had their first successful flight.
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allied victory Central Powers victory on the Eastern Front nullified by defeat on the Western Front and Italian Front Fall of all continental empires in Europe, Russian Revolution, and Russian Civil War, with the collapse of the Russian Empire and the subsequent formation of the Soviet Union Widespread unrest and revolutions throughout Europe and Asia Creation of the League of Nations
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The canal was finished and opened to shipping,
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The US Joins World War I
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A World Wide Influenza Pandemic killed around 20 million people are dead.
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prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor.
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outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, is rejected by the Senate.
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This gave women the right to vote.
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Senate launches an investigation into improper leasing of naval oil reserves during Harding administration.
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A period when many people were poor and relied on the government for help, also people were homeless, jobless.
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This was a leading cause of the great depression in the United States.
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Started in 1930 and lasted for about a decade, but its long-term economic impacts on the region lingered much longer. Severe drought hit the Midwest and Southern Great Plains in 1930. Massive dust storms began in 1931.
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as our National Anthem
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first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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is ratified, moving the president's inauguration date from March 4 to Jan. 20
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is ratified, repealing Prohibition
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The Second World War. The US started neutral then declared war on Japan then Germany declared war on the US. The Allies invade North Africa, Allies invade France on D-Day. Germany then surrenders. The US dropped two nukes on Japan. Then Japan Surrenders.
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Japan Attacks Hawaii
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established.
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Prolonged conflict between Communist forces of North Vietnam, backed by China and the USSR, and non-Communist forces of South Vietnam, backed by the United States.
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limiting the president to two terms.
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Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing secret information about U.S. atomic weaponry to the Soviets.
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declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
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first American satellite is launched.
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Alaska becomes the 49th state
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Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
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invasion of Cuba fails.
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President Kennedy denounces the Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island.
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outlining the procedures for filling vacancies in the presidency and vice presidency.
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Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr., become the first men to land on the Moon.
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Lowers Voting Age to 18
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The US leaves Vietnam and North Vietnam invades the south and becomes a communist country.
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Iranian students storm the U.S. embassy in Teheran and hold 66 people hostage.
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Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman Supreme Court justice.
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members.
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The U.S. leads an international coalition in a military operation to drive Iraqis out of Kuwait.