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U.S. took command over Panama Canal construction and completed it.
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United States declares war on Germany after Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, and multiple other reasons.
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Women gain the right to vote and sit in office.
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at the end of WWI the US was in a state of great economic success untill the stock market ended up crashing twice once on black thursday and again on black tuesday. this began the great depression.
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Was a series of programs created by the government to help get the US out of the Great Depression.
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Nazi Germany invades Poland.
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WWII began and gave us a push out of the great depression causing us to need resources and things for war such as weapons, food, and propaganda posters helped the government get what they needed for the war.
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Persecution and murder of over 6 million jews and tons of other ethnicities, religions, and other people with certain lifestyles.
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Attack from Japanese forces forcing the United States into world war 2.
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Turning point of WWII due to the fact that the japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers.
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First Atomic bomb dropped on Japan.
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Second atomic bomb dropped on Japan.
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Japanese forces surrender, ending the war.
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CIA attempt to overthrow Castro, it failed.
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Tension between Soviet Union and the U.S. grew intense when Russina missiles were placed in Cuba and very close to American soil.
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Shooter in Dallas assassinated the President during a parade.
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U.S. Government stated that the North Vietamese attacked naval ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. Reason why the public supported war.
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Nixon was able to restablish diplomacy with china. it was one of the posative things Nixon was able to do while in office.
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Nixon scandal of an illegal break in to democratic officials office, he later denied.
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Nixon resigned to avoid full impeachment.
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The Union collapsed under itself thus ending Communism.
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Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Failure of levees to hold, inability of some residents to evacuate, location below sea level are some reasons why hurricane katrina did so much damage to New Orleans.
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Obama is elected as first African American president.
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Navy Seal Team Six launches attack on Bin Laden's house and kills him.
