1970-1990
The Challenger space shuttle disaster was the worst moment in the NASA programs history.It starts as a normal day it was going to mark the shuttles 10th successfully launch.The Challenger was expected to perform as expected after being tested for 11 months there were no doubts about the launch. When the shuttle took off everything was normal, but after 73 seconds it exploded killing all 7 crew members including a school teacher.Marking it as the most horrific moment in NASA history.The accident resulted in the shuttle program taking a 2 ½ year break which they resumed from in 1988.
1990-Present The L.A. Riots was a time when African Americans had enough of the abuse from the Caucasian cops and citizens.The …show more content…
Great Depression (1929-1941)
The stock market crash of 1929 also known as black Tuesday.Was a significant moment in history, because it is marked as the start of the Great Depression and the largest and longest economic downturn in the western industrialized at that time.This also brought the roaring twenties to an immediate end.The Great Depression all started with the wrong decision was made by wall street investors.It placed the united states in the worst financial state in the history of the country.It tarnished the U.S. reputation for being the richest and most powerful nation, but it marked the rebuilding of the U.S. economy.
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Westward Expansion & The Gilded Age(the late 1800’s)
The purchase of Florida by John Quincy Adams was a significant moment in history.The purchase of Florida increased the size of the United States and joined the Union as a slave state.The Florida territory was purchased for just 5 million and the military hero was appointed the governor and put in charge of the Florida territory. The Florida purchase was one of the best buys the United States ever Acquired.The Florida purchase marked part of the construction of the now 50 the State of the United