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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
1-Containment: A policy using strategies to prevent communism. It was key to stopping it from getting to other countries.
2-Space Race: A race to space between Russia and the U.S. The U.S didn't want Russia to be the only people who went up to space.
3-The USSR:
4-Communism: An ideology where everything is owned by the community. The U.S. is a capitalist and we were fighting against communism.
5-Domino Theory: If one country fell to communism surrounding countries would follow. -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism. -
22nd Amendment
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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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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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenberg's Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the U.S
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Korean War
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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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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24th Amendment
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Civil Rights Act
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act
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Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act
Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of 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 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, marks the end of the 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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Iran Contra Affair
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1990's-21st Century
1.Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the US
2.Al-Qaeda Characteristically organised attacks which include simultaneous bombing of several targets
3.No Child Left Behind is to close close student achievement gaps by providing a fair,equal opportunity to obtain high-quality education
4.President Clinton's Impeachment
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act
Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina