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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
- Containment- stop the spread of communism
- Arms Race/ Space Race- race between US and USSR between who can make the better technology
- The USSR is the union of the communist states under the power of Russia
- Communism- type of heavy government control with the goal to create a classless society.
- Domino Theory- the idea that if one country falls to communism that the surrounding ones will too.
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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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Sweatt vs Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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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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Brown vs Board of education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Hernandez v Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk Invents Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks Arrest
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Little Rock nine integrated into white school in AK
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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24th amendment
abolished the poll tax -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war on North Vietnam -
Civil Rights act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on a equal opportunity basis. -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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voting act of 1965
eliminated literacy tests for voting -
Tet Offensive
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Civil Rights act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale of lease of housing -
Tinker V Des Moines
Defined the First Amendments rights for students in U.S. public schools. -
Kent state university shooting
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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 -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on sex in school programs. -
War Powers act
Law limited the presidents right to send troops to battle without congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal leads to Nixon's resignation
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Fall of Saigon, Marks the end of Vietnam War
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Camp Davis Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three mile Island disaster
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Iran Contra affair
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1990's -21'st Century
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USSR launches Sputnik