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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 I
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War II
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Early Cold War
- Containment- trying to keep communism from spreading
- Arms Race/Space Race- the competition of the US&USSR of who can get to space first
- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- Russia and 14 other countries supporting communism
- Communism- government owns all parts of society and people are paid according to needs
- Domino Theory- theory that one political event will cause similar events in neighboring countries
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United Nations formed
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Sweatt v. Painter
Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal" -
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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th amendment -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination in the sale of rental or housing -
First Man on the Moon
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Tinker v. Des Moines
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX
Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
Law limited that President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon's Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David 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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1990s-21st Century