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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
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Great Depression
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World War 2
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Early Cold War
Containment: a foreign policy to help try to stop the spread of communism.
Arms Race/Space race: The U.S. and the Soviet Union were trying to be better than on another. This lead to the creation of the atomic bomb
The Union Of Soviet Socialists Republics: a group of communist states
Communism: All social and economic things are controlled by the government
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United Nations formed
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Truman Doctrine
This was made to contain the spread of the soviet expansion in the cold war -
Marshall Plan 1948
This was U.S. sponsored economic aid to help Western European Countries recover from WW2 -
Berlin Airlift
Americans flew supplies over to the people in West Berlin -
NATO established
The communist nations like the Soviet Union found a rival alliance -
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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Korean War
Between the North and South Koreans. North Korea got weapons from Stalin from the soviet union to try and unify the southern half -
22nd Amendment
the 22nd amendment was ratified on this date. this amendment was passed to limit the number of years you can serve as a president in the U.S. -
Rosenbergs trial
They tried them for selling information but neither would speak or say names so they executed both of them and later found out that only Julius was guilty -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
it was the largest nuclear explosion. an estimated 70000 were killed -
Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
He developed one of the first successful polio vaccines -
Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided euqal protection under the 14th amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Park's arrest
This was a social and political protest against the racial segregation in the transportation system. The protest started after Rosa Park got arrested for sitting in the white section of the bus and refused to give up her seat. -
Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
9 black kids enroll in an all white school -
USSR launches Sputnik
was the first artificial Earth satellite. this was the start of the races between the U.S. and the Soviet Union -
Berlin Wall built
it was built to prevent people from leaving the communist side of East Berlin -
Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
failed landing operation by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's revolution -
24th Amendment
abolishes poll tax -
Cuban missile crisis
The U.S. forced the soviet union to stop sending nuclear missiles into Cuba -
Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech at the march of Washington
To try and make equality for black people and hope that one day everyone be equal -
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
He was shot from above while in the car with his wife at the Dealey Plaza -
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 Tokin Revolution
undeclared the war in Vietnam -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Medicare and Medicaid established
helped everyone get medical care and assistance -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
Was shot while standing on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis, TN -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tet offensive
vietcong and north korea had a surprise attack on south korea -
Tinker v. Des Moines
defines the first amendment rights for students in the United States public schools -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon and him and Aldrin walked on the moon for 3 hours. the spaceship was Apollo 11 -
Kent State University shooting
The Ohio National Guard had open fire at people protesting he Vietnam war. 4 people died, 9 were injured. -
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End Of Cold War
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
the ones about the Vietnam war were leaked and published everywhere -
26th Amendment
moved the voting age from 21 to 18 -
Title IX
protects people from discriminations based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
this law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal
leads to Nixon's resignation. Nixon's administration tried to cover up the break in into the Democratic National committee headquarters -
Fall of Saigon
end of vietnam war -
Camp David Accords
a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem -
Three Mile Island Disaster
nuclear generating accident released lots of radioactivity -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage. a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized hostages. The hostages were held for 444 days -
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Iran Contra Affair
was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo. -
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1990's-21st Century