U.S History: 1877-2008

By aniya.walker
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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

  • The Big 5

    Containment
    Arms Race/Space Race
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    Communism
    Domino Theory

  • Important Dates

    (1945) United Nations formed
    (1948) Berlin Airlift
    (1949) NATO established
    (1950-1953) Korean War
    (1951) Rosenburgs Trials
    (1952) First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
    (1955) Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
    (1957) USSR launches Sputnik

  • Amendments

    22 Amendment 1947- prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

  • Acts

    Truman Doctrine 1947- U.S policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
    Marshall Plan 1948- program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
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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

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Vietnam War

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    End of the Cold War

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    1990's-21st Century