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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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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
Containment- Policy that helps prevents the spread of communism.
Arms Race/Space Race- It was a competition between 2 rivals, USSR and US, to have better weapons or spaceflight.
USSR- It consisted of Russia and 14 other countries
Communism- It's a system of government were the people are given things according to their needs.
Domino Theory- a policy that suggested a communist government in one would lead on taking over another nation -
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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1950-1953 Korean War
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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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Civil Rights Era
Great Society-series of policy initiatives/legislation/programs by LBJ with the goal of improving the environment
Thurgood Marshall- was an influencer leader in the Civil Rights, contributed to the NAACP and help pursuit racial justice
Black Panthers-a political organization to challenge police brutality against the African American community
Non-Violent Protest/Civil Disobedience-MLK made protest that were non-violent
Cesar Chavez-help farm workers to improve their working and living conditions -
Rosenbergs Trial
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22nd Amendment
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First H-Bomb donated by the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Hernandez v. Texas
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock 9 integrated into an all-white in Little Rock, AK
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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MLK "I have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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24th Amendment
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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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 or rental of housing -
1st 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.
The court decided to go for Tinker and supported her
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
OPEC- middle east stopped sending oil as a protests for US supporting Israel
Sandra Day O'Connor- 1st female in the supreme court
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977- encouraged banks to reduce discriminatory practices toward loans in low income neighborhoods.
AIDS Epidemic- it was recognized by the Center for Disease Control and its prevention and treatment became an essential health issue around the world
Star Wars- space based missile defense system -
Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
moved the voting age from 21yrs old to 18yrs old -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal
which leads to Nixon's resignation -
Fall of Saigon
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Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
1979-1981 -
Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century