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The Model T was the first affordable car for many Americans, making automobiles common and changing everyday life.
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The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret message from Germany to Mexico asking for help against the U.S., which pushed the United States closer to entering World War I.
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The World War I Armistice ended the fighting in World War I on November 11, 1918.
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The 19th Amendment gave women in the United States the right to vote in 1920.
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Charles Lindbergh became famous after flying solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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Black Thursday was the day the stock market crashed in 1929, helping cause the Great Depression.
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Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, allowing him to begin taking control of the government.
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The New Deal was a series of government programs created by FDR to help Americans recover from the Great Depression.
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The Munich Pact was an agreement where European leaders let Hitler take land in hopes of avoiding war.
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When Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, it officially started World War II.
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Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter World War II.
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D-Day was the Allied invasion of Normandy that helped begin the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading Japan to surrender and end World War II.
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The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading Japan to surrender and end World War II.
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The United Nations was created after World War II to help countries work together and prevent future wars.
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The Long Telegram explained Soviet goals and helped shape U.S. Cold War policies against communism.
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NATO was formed as a military alliance to protect member countries from Soviet aggression.
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The Soviet Union successfully tested an atomic bomb, increasing Cold War tensions with the United States.
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The Korean War was a conflict between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea, backed by the U.S.
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This Supreme Court case ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
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The Vietnam War was a long conflict where the U.S. tried to stop communism from spreading in Southeast Asia.
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Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat helped start the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, shocking the nation.
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This resolution gave the president more power to send U.S. troops into Vietnam.
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Apollo 11 was the first mission where humans successfully landed on the Moon.
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The Watergate break-ins were part of a political scandal involving President Nixon’s administration.
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Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency to avoid impeachment over the Watergate scandal.
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The internet began as a way for computers to share information and eventually changed global communication.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the end of communist control in Eastern Europe.
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Terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, leading to the War on Terror.
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The Covid-19 pandemic was a global outbreak that affected health, schools, and daily life worldwide.