12 Facts Your American History Teacher Probably Skipped Over In School
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12 Facts Your American History Teacher Probably Skipped Over In School
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Neil Armstrong was probably misquoted on the moon.
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There was a Great Molasses Flood in Boston in 1919
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Women couldn't submit a credit application at a bank without a man until 1974.
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Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead a raid during the Civil War.
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The U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition to deter people from drinking.
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The 1969 Stonewall Uprising was the start of the LGBTQ rights movement.
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The Emancipation Proclamation didn't free all enslaved people.
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Hundreds of Nazis fled to American after WWII.
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An item of clothing prompted assaults in the 1940s.
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The government created a relocation program that forced Native Americans out of their home.
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Puerto Rican women were used as birth control test subjects.
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The Tulsa Race Massacre left thousands of Black citizens homeless.
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There is only so much time in a school year and only so many facts your teacher can share, especially when it comes to U.S. history.