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Franz Ferdinand Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany invades Belgium due to the Schlieffen Plan
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Trench warfare between Great Britin and Germany Great Britin lost 60,000 men
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Prohibition banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholb
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Sacco and Vanzetti were aressted for the murder of a factory paymaster and his gaurd.
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Andrew "Rube" Foster made a great contribution to black baseball when he created the Negro National League
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From 1919-1921 the number of immigrants entering the US grows almost 600 precent
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The quota system set a maximum number of people who could enter the United States.
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President Harding invited several major powers to the Washington Naval Conference to discuss the subject of no more warships being built for the next ten years.
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Raised taxes on some American imports by 60 precent. This was proposed due to Great Britain and Frances owing America $10 billion
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President Harding dies from a heart attack or strock
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KKK membership reached 4.5 million people.
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The quota system is amended to limit immigration from each European nation to just 2 precent
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Al Capone was one of the most famous bootleggers during this time
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Zelda Sayre breaks off he engagement with F. Scott Fitzgerald and told him to become successful on his own
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Biology teacher John Scopes was on trail for teaching the theory of evolution in Tennessee where the theory of evolution was outlawed
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Approximately 50 million Americans sat listening to their radios as Graham McNamee called the boxing match between the former heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey and current title holder Gene Tunney
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Babe Ruth hit a record setting 60 homeruns in a single season
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The day the Stock Market crashed and sent us into the Great Depression, known as Black Tuesday.
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People waiting in bread lines to recive free food because they can't afford to buy food.
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Program in the Tennessee River valley they created dams to creat electricity for the vallet
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All of America's banks shut done for a short period of time and couldn't open back up until they were inspect to see if they were capable of staying open
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President Roosevelt would go on the radio and explain to people what the New Deal was going to do and why he was doing it.
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The Civilian Conservation Corps was created to give young men jobs. They made $30 a month but $25 of that was sent home to the families.
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The CWA was created to make jobs for the unemployed
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National Recovery Adminstration was created to set prices of products and establish standards
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Families would travel all over the country trying to find jobs they would move from farm to farm and other odd jobs, known as migrant workers.
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Created to fight the housing crisis in America during the Great Depression
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Dust storms that would happen do to the top soil being loose from over planting and farming
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Created to make jobs, due to this many roads and buildings were built
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Migrant Mother was one of many pictures taken during the 1930's to show the country how bad the Great Depression really was
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President Roosevelt put in the Agriculture Adjustment Act to help farmers get out of debt
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Helped programs like social security
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Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland and split the land. This is one of the main causes that lead to World War II
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This Battle lead to Germany taking over Paris and gainning control of France
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Italy joined into the war soon after Germany took of Paris. They declared war on Britian and France
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Japan launched an airal attack on the Untied States. Due to America cutting Japan off of oil.
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America declares war on Japan after the attack at Pearl Harbor.
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American and Fillipino soldiers were over taken by Japanes soldiers
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The soldiers of the Battle of Bataan were captured by the Japanes and forced on an 80 mile march
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American soldiers landed on a heavly graded French beach by the Nazis
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Battle between Japan and America that brought the war closer to the main land of Japan
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Germany's last chance to retake Paris
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82 days of battle on the island of Okinawa between America and Japan
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The day Germany surrendered
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One of the two atomic bombs droped on Japan
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The second atomic bomb droped on Japan
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The day Japan surrendered and the war ended
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Richard Nixon gave a speech apologizing for accepting campaign gifts during the election. This Speech won the election for Eisenhower.
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Soviet Union became first to but an object into orbit with their satelite Sputnik 1
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Soviet Union second satelite
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Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba and turned them into a Communist nation. He bacame allies with the Soviet Union.
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This was the first ever televised presidential debates. The debaters were John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
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John F. Kennedy was elected as president over Richard Nixon.
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Soviet Union shoot down an American U-2 plane over the Soviet Union during peace talks
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Soviet Union put Yuir Gagarin in space. he was the first man in space.
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America sent 14,000 Cubans back to Cuba to attempt to over throw Castro. It was a fail for America
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Alan Shepard became the first American in space
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The Soveit Union was sneaking nuclear tipped missiles into Cuba, well in range of the United States.
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During the Blockade of Cuba President Kennedy gave orders not to fire upon any ships but one ship was fired upon as a warning shot
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The end of the cuban missile crisis the Soviet Union takes their missiles out of Cuba in exchange for America's Respect of Cuba's territorial sovereignty.
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America set up a blockade around Cuba so that the Soviets couldn't get anymore missiles into island
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Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed President Kennedy
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Lyndon B. Johnson was igaunurated as president on the jet back to D.C. right after John F. Kennedy was killed
