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this will be a timeline of events covered in class. this will include events touched all the way to the end of the class from 1877-2011
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the united states buys the philippine islands from the Spanish. it was bought for around 20 million -
The united states annexes Puerto Rico after the Spanish American war. the U.S. took it and many other colonies -
World War 1 begins in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. it ends after 4 years in 1918
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The Harlem Renaissance started in the 1920s and forward. it was a time where there was a revival of African American culture through art, music, and writing among other things -
The league of nations is formed making the first organization of countries. their the main goal was to fix problems through diplomacy and make peace throughout the world -
after the stock market crash of 1929 the great depression begins as unemployment rates rise to 25%. this lasted until the 1930s
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World war 2 starts when France and Britain declare war on Germany. this accurs after the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 -
japan launches a surprise attack on the American military port of Pearl Harbor. they attacked with 353 aircraft as well as 60 ships causing 6 American ships to sink and 2403 men to lose their lives, America declared war the day after -
After America declares war on japan, the other axis powers declare war on America on the 11th of December -
after Germany's surrender at the end of world war 2, the political tension between the western European powers(including America) and Russia started to rise while the soviet union started to dissolve. from 1947 to around 1990 nato and the soviet union would have multiply spying operations occurring simultaneously and many close calls with nuclear annihilation or starting another world war -
in the United States attempt to quell the spread of communism through southern Asia/Indochina, the US sent aid to the democratic South of Vietnam to fight the communist north before deploying active-duty troops in march 1965 -
Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I have a dream" speech at the lincoln memorial -
African Americans among other races marched on the nation's capital to put focus on workplace and employment discrimination and abuse against African Americans -
The first personal computers are being sold and used across the world in 1977. they were first invented mainly by Ed Roberts in 1974. https://www.britannica.com/technology/personal-computer#:~:text=A%20small%20firm%20named%20MITS,its%20commercial%20appeal%20was%20limited. -
President Ronald Reagan signs a treaty with President Gorbachov to remove all short and medium-range missiles from Europe. -
Mexico, the U.S., and Canada sign the North American Free Trade Agreement. this made it so that all tariffs between the countries were lifted and that all three countries made free trade. -
President Bill Clinton is impeached. hes impeached on two charges brought by the houses for candles in the white house.
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