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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 :USA attempt to stop the spread of communism (Cold War foreign policy of United States) 2.Arms Race/Space Race: Comp between USSR and US for superiority between nations (usually of weapons and in this case, space race as well) 3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: The USSR ( Soviet Union 4.Communism: common ownership between the nation and social classes 5.Domino Theory: if one country falls under influence of communism, rest would fall under influence of communism.
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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 -
22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
Berlin Airlift
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NATO established
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Korean War
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Sweatt V Painter
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Civil Rights Era
Great Society: Programs created to eliminate poverty/social injustice medicare/medicaid(Lyndon B Johnson) 1964
Thurgood Marshall: 1st black US Supreme Court Justice, activist/civil rights advocate 1908-1993
Black Panther: Oct1966 in Oakland was an organization founded by black, revolutionary activists made to fight for Black Pride, equality, fighting police brutality etc.,
Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience: Bus boycott 1955-56
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Rosenberg Trials
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First H-Bomb detonated 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 Nine integrated into an all-white school 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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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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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 -
24th Amendment
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Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
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Medicare and Medicaid Established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Tinker Vs. Des Moines
Tinker v. Des Moines: defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Sandra Day O`Connor: First woman to serve on Supreme Court
Community Reinvestment of 1977: made to help organizations meet credit needs of communities their established in
AIDS Epidemic: Began in 1981
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
26th Amendment: moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX:
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War Powers Act
War Powers Act (1973): law limited the 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, End of Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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1990s-21st Century