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1925: Tennesee passes a law prohibiting the teaching of evolution setting the stage for the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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1927: Charles Lindbergh makes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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1929: Stock market crashes sparking the Great Depression.
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1935: Social Security Act passed.
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1938: First U.S. minimum wage is set at 25 cents.
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1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters WWII.
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1945 U.S. drops atom bomb on Hiroshima. Japanese surrender ending WWII.
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1948:The Marshall Plan brings economic aid to war torn Europe. The Berlin airlift brings supplies to East Berlin.
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1949: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is formed.
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1950: Korean War begins.
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