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American Civil War
Who: Union vs. confederate What was it: A important event in the history Why:slavery, country rights Where: It was fought in southern Pennsylvania,Texas,New Mexico,Florida coast. The main part of the fighting took place in the states of Virginia and Tennessee. It was also fought on the Atlantic Ocean. -
The Great Depression
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World War 2
What: World War Involved 61 countries. Why: WWI was one of the causes of WWII. After Germany lost WWI, a lot of things were left unsettled, hatred became high and Germany was left in economic crash due to the war. When: WWII started on the 1st of September Who: The war involved 2 main groups: the Allies and the Axis. Where: Battles took place in Africa, Europe and Asia. There were also many sea battles involving the Navy. -
D-Day
Who: Allies/Axis What: Largest ocean attack in human history When: June 6th, 1944 Where: Normandy beaches, France Why: To take Europe from the Nazi -
Cold War
What: A war between two different powers. Who: Nato Allies v.s Western World Where: In Western Europe and Asia. Why: Joseph Stalin wanted a democratic world. -
Civil Rights Movement
Who: African American, a leader in the civil rights movement What: He used non-violent methods to protest and made speeches about civil rights. Where: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee Why: He believed that racism and segregation were wrong and he wanted to stop both. -
Soviet Union launched Sputnik
Who: Russia
Why: Race to see who could get into space first( US/Russia )
Where: Russia
What: A Statilite -
Launch of Project Mercury
Who: The US
Where: In the US
What: A spaceship that carried a man to space
Why: A race between Russia and the Us to see who could get a human into space first -
Ham, the first chimp to be launched into space
Who: The US
Where: Cape Canaveral, Florida
What: the first chimp to be launched into space
Why: To see if it was possible to get a human into space -
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first human in space
Who: Russians
Where: Russia
What: A spacecraft to carry a human into orbit
Why: To be the first man to travel space
