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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz FerdinandAssassinationArchduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. That was one of the first sparks that started WW1 -
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World War 1 thru World War 2
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Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun is considered the greatest battle in world history. Never before or since has there been such a lengthy battle, involving so many men, which situated on such a tiny piece of land. The battle, which lasted from 21 February 1916 until 19 December 1916 caused over an estimated 500,000 casualties. -
Battle of Somme
The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of World War 1. It was also one of the bloodiest battles in history. On the first day alone, the British lost more than 55,000 casualties. All together the battle of Somme lost 1.5 million soldiers. -
The Treaty of Versailles
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. It was negotiated with the Allied powers with little effort by the Germans. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Klu Klux Klan was a gangster group that discriminated against black races and jews. They will kill any different color then they are right on the spot. They wore white hoods over their faces to hide their shame. Even the horses did. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth hits 60 HOMERUN.He was the first person to hit 60 homeruns in one season. Wich lead him up to have 715 homeruns. -
The Stock Market Crash
On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the world spiraled downward into the Great Depression 1929-39, the deepest and longest-lasting economic downfall in the history of the Western states. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought in 1930s depression-ridden America. The duct bowl know as Black Sunday. The Dust Bowl covered over 1,500 acers of land. -
The Nurember Race Laws
Jew couldn't marry Germans because Hitler didn't want mixes because all the Germans were his and he didn't want anti germans mixed with jews. -
James "Jesse" Owens
James Jesse Owens was a Olympic gold metalest. He won 4 gold metals in the Berlin Olympics. Later he died to the addiction of smoking.
