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From a historical perspective insofar as that is possible, in what order would you place the following events of the last 100 years from most to least significant. Use any criteria but consider all: economic, psychological, political, etc. In what order have they most profoundly changed America? If you are not American please indicate where you are from. if you can put in your age to i'd appreciate it. (teens, 20,30.s) etc

The Watergate scandal
Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
The Moon Landing
Hurricane Katrina
The Kennedy assasination
The Great Depression
1993 World Trade Ceter bombing
FBI/ATF at Waco, Texas (Branch Davidians)
AL Capone's defeat in Chicago
The Cuban Missile crisis
Pearl Harbor
9/11
The Scopes Monkey Trial
The AIDS epidemic
The Cold War
The Trial of the Century (OJ Simpson)

thanks

2006-09-17 04:01:30 · 3 answers · asked by Scott L 5 in Arts & Humanities History

3 answers

The Great Depression
Atomic Bomb
Pearl Harbor
The Cold War
9/11
AIDS
Moon Landing
Kennedy Assasination
Cuban Missle Crisis
Watergate
Hurricana Katrina
1993 WTC Bombing
Scopes Monkey Trial
WACO
Al Capone
OJ Simpson

Age 56

Your question is intriuging, and somewhat a test. Maybe by purpose you left out many significant events, like the events of 1968, Korea, Vietnam, Oklahoma City Bombing, polio vaccine ect. Anyway, great fun, and I hope you put up another challege.

2006-09-17 04:19:55 · answer #1 · answered by Wego The Dog 5 · 2 0

1. The AIDS epidemic. 2.The Great Depression 3.The Moon landing. 4.Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. 5.Pearl Harbour
6. The Cuban Missile Crisis 7. The Kennedy Assination(I'm assuming you mean John and not Robert Kennedy). 8.9/11 9. The Scopes Monkey trial. 10. The Watergate Scandel. 11.1993 World Trade Centre bombing. 12.Hurricane Katrina 13.AL Capone's defeat in Chicago. 14.Waco. 15. OJ simpson trial.
I'm 20 from the UK

2006-09-18 00:51:00 · answer #2 · answered by anon4112 3 · 0 0

1.Dropping the Bomb 2. Moon landing 3.Great depression 4. Aids epidemic 5. Pearl harbor 6. Kennedy assassination 7. Missile crisis 8. Scopes monkey trial 9. Cold war 10. Hurricane Katrina 11. 9/11 12. FBI/ATF at Waco 13. 1993 WTC 14. Watergate 15. Al Capone 16. O.J. Trial

2006-09-17 07:39:59 · answer #3 · answered by dustycat 2 · 0 0

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