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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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WW1
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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WW2
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
Containment- Prevent the spread of communism.
Arms Race/Space Race- USA and USSR compete against each other.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- Socialist state in Russia.
Communism- Everyone is paid according to their needs.
Domino Theory- One event can cause other similar events. -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
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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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker v. Des Moines
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26 Amendment
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War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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1990s-21st century