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Months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor the United states imposed sanctions on Japan in an attempt to curb their military aggression. In January the emperor of Japan began talks of an attack on Pearl Harbor as he felt that if he drove them out of the pacific that they will not be able to contain Japan.
During the attacks the last warning from Japan was sent to Pearl Harbor while they were being bombed. The first wave of attacks was started at 0775 Hawaiian time.
After the attack President Roosevelt asks congress for a declaration of war, and Admiral Kimmel, and GEN. Short were relieved of their duties.

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John D. Rockefeller (owner of standard oil)

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John D. Rockefeller (owner of standard oil)

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Before this trust was broken up it was the largest trust of its kind. The tyranny of this business led to progressives trying their best to "bust" the trusts.

During the break up of standard oil it would order for the disperse of the oil monopoly into smaller companies. John D. Rockefeller lost his business that made him a fortune.

After Standard Oil was broken up it turned into many other smaller businesses like Exxon, Amoco, and chevron. After this the effect of the progressive impact was still felt through other trusts like standard oil being broken up.

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Before the time of the great depression there was a time of prosperity, but then wall street crashed. Then the Smoot-Hawley tariff was passed by  the U.S.
During the Depression president Herbert Hoover was in office, and he was not the type of president that America needed at the time. People were reduced to nothing as they could no afford much,
After the depression, we were thrown into world war 2, and the government was stabilized and "safety nets' were added into the government to make sure we never went into a depression of that scale again.

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This event is important to American history because it led to the first world war ever and changed the face of the world. In the war that ensued after the bombings America would create the first Atomic bomb which would be dropped on none other than Japan.

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This event is important to American history because it marked a change in the workplace. This made monopolies illegal which in turn changed the way business could be ran and how they handled competition.

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This event is important to history because it was the first struggle of the american people felt nationally. more than 20 percent of the population was left unemployed. After this event the American government introduced safety nets to never let that depression happen again.

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Before the Iraq war began there was years of tension between the US and Saddam Hussein. More fuel to the fire was the allegation that Hussein was in control of WMD"s.
During the war Iraq was overwhelmed by the american armed forces. This war overthrew  the government of Saddam Hussein.
After the war America started to pull troops out of the middle east. The middle east had many terrorist groups arise which caused America to intervene in the middle east again.

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This war is important to american history because it has so much controversy surrounding it. Many speculate that the war was a mistake because Hussein was not in control on any WMD's, or any program to create them. The most inadequate mistake about the war is that Bush's administration thought that Iraq would be an example of Democratic capitalism.

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Before the formation of NATO The two world wars were two events that had an impact of the alliance.
During the formation of the alliance countries came together to form a permanent alliance.
After the formation of NATO mutually assured destruction came to a pinnacle. There are currently 29 countries involved in NATO.

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This alliance is important to history because it was the first of its kind. This alliance creates a permanent alliance of many countries. This means that if one of them goes to war then all of them go to war. The impact this has on the future is that this was a legally binding alliance of nations.

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Before the election of Barack Obama president bush was in office. He was challenged in his running by Mitt Romney.
During his election he was identified as the first African American president of the united states. He was also the first Non white US President.
After his election he would go on to pass the Affordable healthcare act, and to end the war in Iraq

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The election of Obama is important to history because of the history that it made. He was the first African American president ever. The impact this had on the future is that it detailed that anyone can become president. 8-

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The triangle shirtwaist fire happened on Mach 25, 1911. after this fire there was legislation passed to better the workplace environment.

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire is important to history because it is the most famous industrial incident ever. After this incident legislation changed the workplace forever.

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Before the end of the cold war obviously we had the cold war, and we had the space race.
During the end of the cold war the Berlin Wall was torn down, and the two side of Germany became one again.
After the cold war America was a world power, and led the world in economy.

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This event is important to american history because it marked the end of american involvement in the east and the beginning war on communism. After the cold war our focus shifted from communism to terrorism. The impact of this event on the future is that it drew a cultural line between communism and democracy.