U.S. History: 1877-2008

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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 1

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    Roaring Twenties

  • Communism

    a system of government where all property is public and people work and are given things by the government according to their needs.
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    Great Depression

  • House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC):

    Congressional committee that investigated Communist influence in the United States in the 1940's and 1950's.
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    World War 2

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    Early Cold War

  • 22nd Amendment

    Limited the president to two terms or ten years. This was in response to FDR’s four elected terms.
  • Truman Doctrine

    1947 declaration that stated that the United States would militarily support nations that were being threatened by communism. Created initially to stem the tide of communism in Greece and Turkey.
  • Containment

    American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world.
  • Marshall Plan

    the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet communism.
  • Beat Generation

    Group highlighted by writers and artists who stressed spontaneity and spirituality instead of apathy and conformity.
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    Berlin Airlift

    response to a soviet blockade of allied controlled sections of Berlin, successfully brought food and medical supplies to allied controlled areas of Berlin.
  • NATO

    Developed during Cold War to deter against USSR (Warsaw Pact). Promotes democratic values and encourages consultation and cooperation on defense and security issues to build trust, and in the long run, prevent conflict.
  • McCarthyism

    The "witch hunt" for communists in the United States government during the 1950s.
  • 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

  • Rosenberg Trial

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged and executed (1953) for allegedly passing atomic secrets to Russia, violating the Espionage Act of 1917.
  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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    Vietnam War

  • Brown v. Board of Educational Topeka

    Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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    Mao Zedong

    Chinese communist leader and founder of the People’s Republic of China. Nixon worked with Mao to pressure Soviet Union to further talks of détente, through a reduction of nuclear weapons build-up. He was also responsible for the Cultural Revolution to destroy cultural heritage and revive revolutionary spirits.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest

  • Brinkmanship

    Policy of using the threat of nuclear war in order to protect national interests.
  • Sputnik

    First artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. The U.S. responded by creating NASA and the National Defense Education Act.
  • Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Tx

  • 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

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam
  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters
  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
  • First Man on the Moon

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 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 the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • Iron Curtain

    Winston Churchill's term for the extension of Communist control over Eastern Europe.
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    1990s-21st Century