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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Constitution written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/ Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres of land to anyone who would settle out in the west. -
13th amendment
Abolished Slavery -
14th Amendment
Granted Slaves citizenship and due process -
Continental Railroad complete
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15th Amendment
allowed voting for all male citizens -
Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
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Sherman Antitrust act
Outlawed Business Monopolies -
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The Progressive Era
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Plessy V. Ferguson
legalized segregation and separate but equal laws -
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Imperialism
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World War 1
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The Roaring Twenties
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The Great Depression
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World War 2
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
US policy that offered financial aid to countries threatened by communism. -
22nd Amendment
Prohibits Presidents from serving more than 2 terms. -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War 2. -
NATO Established
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Start of Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenburg Trials
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First H-Bomb detonated by United States
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End of Korean War
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk Invents Polio Vaccine
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war on North Vietnam -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker V Des Moines
Defined the First Amendments rights for students in U.S. public schools. -
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End of Cold War
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Pentagon Papers released
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26th Amendment
Lowered the Voting age from 21 to 18 -
War Powers act
Law limited the presidents right to send troops to battle without congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon, Marks the end of Vietnam War
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1990's -21'st Century
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USSR launches Sputnik