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Early American History
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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The Gilded Age
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The Progressive Era
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Imperialism
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World War One
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War 2
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
1.Containment- keeping communism from spreading to non-communist countries
2. Arms Race/Space Race-Us and USSR both built up their nuclear weapons supply
3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- the other super power during the Cold War
4.Communism- Total government control with no input from the people
5.Domino Theory- something happening in one country can spread and happen in a neighboring country -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO established
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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenburg Trials
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker v. Des Moines
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End Of The Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
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War Powers Act
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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1900s To 21st Century