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serbia accused of subverting its rule
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strongest nation on European continet was germany
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germanys kaiser or emeror decided the nation should beome a major sea power
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allies consisted of france britian and russia and the other was germany austria-hungary and italy
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the alliences provided a measure of internatiional security
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1 by 1 each allience group got pulled into the fights
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austria declared war against russia
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germany invaded belgium
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archduke franz ferdinand visits the bosnian capital
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after struggling to out flank each others armies both sides dug
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barren expannse of mud pockmarked shell craters
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the trenches were rat infested and un able to live
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armys fought for mere yards of ground
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only memeber of the house to vote against the U.S.
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several factors made american neutrality difficult to maintain
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gave women the right to vote
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stock market collapses
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Warren G. Harding is elected
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economy plummeted and unemployment
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even europe and other countries where trying to fix all this
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people became rich others could not make adecent living
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Chinese Communist party is founded in Shanghai
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Sacco and Vanzetti are conivted
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federal road act fund
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baseball world series brodcast on radio for first time
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louis armstrong plays for king oliver
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croisis strikes
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time magazine begins publication
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calvin coolidge elected president
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scopes trial takes place in tennessee
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becomes japans emperor
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charles lindbergh makes the first trip nonstop solo
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herbert hoover is elected president
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bottems fell out of the markets
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stocks prices peaked then fell
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some economists had warned of weakness in the economy
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japan invades manchuria
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jane addams shares the nobel peace prize
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bonus army arrives in Washington D.C.
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electer president
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25% which is 1.6 million workers didnt have jobs
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adolf hitler takes power in germany
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century of progress
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1929,600 banks closed 11,000 of the nations 25,000 banks failed
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japan withdraws from the league of nations
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First Modern Credit Card Introduced
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First Organ Transplant
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First Peanuts Cartoon Strip
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Korean War Begins
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Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt
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U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb
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Color TV Introduced
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Polio Vaccine Created
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Joseph Stalin Dies
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First Atomic Submarine Launched
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Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
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Disneyland Opens
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McDonald's Corporation Founded
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T.V. Remote Control Invented
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Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
