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The Gilded Age
Railroads, factories, and mining started a rapid expansion of industrialization and economic growth. -
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Panic of 1893
The American economy doubled in size. Technology and businesses found newer advancements -
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President Mckinley Assonated
President McKinley was assonated in Buffalo, New York. Theodore Roosevelt became president.http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/mckinley.htm -
The model-t
https://corporate.ford.com/company/history.html Henry Ford provided the people with the first most affordable easy going automobile. It became the best-selling. -
The Great Migration
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West -
Woodrow Wilson
His first inauguration as the 28th president of the United States. http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/woodrow-wilson -
WWI
U.S. enters the war demanding war with Germany and Austria Hungary. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I -
The Eighteenth Amendment
The eighteenth amendment was ratified in the Constitution, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor
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The Great Depression
The stock market crashes causing a high rate of unemployment in the U.S. http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression -
Labor
The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed providing those employed with fair labor and the first minimum wage was set to 25 cents an hour http://hr.ofm.wa.gov/compensation-job-classes/compensation-administration/fair-labor-standards-act-flsa -
WWII
U.S. declares neutrality during european conflict
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Presidential inauguration
FDR was the first and only president to be elected for a third term.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines. Day later U.S. declares war on Japan. Losing neutrality
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Korean War
Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. North Korean communists invade South Korea.
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Hydrogen Bomb
First hydrogen bomb is detonated by the U.S. on Eniwetok, an atoll in the Marshall Islands. http://www.businessinsider.com/experts-skeptical-north-korea-claims-developed-hydrogen-bomb-2015-12 -
Cuban Missile crisis
President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island
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Panama Canal
President Jimmy Carter signs treaty that will take control in 1999. This treaty will give the U.S. control over the panama canal. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_pancanal_1.html -
Summer Olympics
President Carter announces that U.S. athletes will not attend Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/01.20.html -
Space Challenger
Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. http://ethics.wikia.com/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_Disaster
