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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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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
Containment- It was a US policy used to prevent the spread of Communism around the world. Arms Race/ Space Race- It was a race to see who was more superior and who could accomplish better and bigger things than the other. USSR- Was a federal Socialist State in Northern Eurasia Communism- Lead to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Domino Theory-One event will cause similar events to another country. -
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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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenberg Trials
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First H-bomb detonated by the US
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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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26th Amendment
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War Powers Act
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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1990's-21st Century