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Gavrilo Princip assassinates Ferdinand and thus, war has began
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany(Austria-Hungary's allies) declares war on Russia(Serbia's allies) & France
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German U-Boats bomb Lusitania, 1,198 innocent people die
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The battle betwen Britain and Germany that kills millions
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Germany sent out a telegraph to Mexico asking them to become allies with them and to attack the United States, but the U.S got to the note before Mexico did
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U.S declares war on Germany becuase of the bommbing of the lusitania and the Zimmerman note to Mexico
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A law stating ages 21-32 had to register to become part of the military
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Wilson proposes that all nations work together as one
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Stated that no one was allowed to speak badly of government
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The Bolsheviks take over Russia and get them out of the war
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All nations agreed to stop fighting while peace was negociated
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The banning of alcohol completely
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the flu that kills over 30 million people
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Gave women the right to vote, mostly influenced by Alice Paul
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ALl nations signed the peace treaty including Germany
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Granting the women the right to vote
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Giving women the right to vote
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Sacco & Vanzetti convicted with no evidence to prove that they committed murder
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Sacco-Vanzetti Trial begins and soon they were convivted of murder without any actual evidence and were executed
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Construction begins on Yankee Stadium in New York City
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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes the Great Gatsby
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Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution
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Henry Ford introduced the Model T by perfecting the assembly line
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Herbert Hoover elected president
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The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression.
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Congress pass The Start Spangled Banner as our national anthem
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Empire State Building construction is finally finished
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Stimulates banking and buisness
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first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic
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FDR gives his first fireside chat over the radio assuring people of his New Deal
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provide work for two and one-half million men during the succeeding nine years
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A dust storm ravages several Midwestern and Western states including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Colorado
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begin payouts to retirees within two years
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More than 13 million people become unemplyed
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The greatest hitter of all time retires from the Major League Baseball
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This was the start of the United States getting involved with World War II
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Where the Japanese forced the American soldiers to march for miles until death
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Anne Frank go into hiding to try and not get captured during the Holocaust
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The day the Americans finally had the upper hand starting with the BAttle at Normandy
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Operation Valkyrie was in affect by high ranking German officials to assassinate Hitler, but failed
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Turns into North and South Korea
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The U.s bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki and destroyed both islands into pieces
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Was created to get justice for accused and convicted criminals in World War II
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Created to aid Europe and Asia to help rebuild European countries and gave approximately $13 billion dollars
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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established to create an alliance
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Soviet Union has mastered the atomic bomb making
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China becomes a communist country in which people do not have a say in anything anymore and the government controls everything
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Korean war starts
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Truman officially signs peace treaty with Japan, officially ending WWII
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She becomes queen at age 25
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Executed for espionage acts
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Segregation is ruled illegal in the U.S.
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Was murdered for "cat calling" a woman on the street
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Trying to end segregation all together
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NASA a scientific organization is founded
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Fidel Castro becomes dictator of cuba
