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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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Communism
I did this in terms of when Communism started and ended in Russia. I wasn't sure if "Communism" meant the idea of it, because if that's the case, communism technically still exists Communism is a political theory by Karl Marx where no property is privately owned. Everyone is paid the same instead of by the importance and efficiency of their abilities/jobs (ex: doctors are more important than shoe shiners so doctors are paid moreover. With a Communist govt. they would be paid the same -
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Roaring Twenties
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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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
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Truman Doctorine
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Containment
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22nd Amendment
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO Established
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Domino Theory
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Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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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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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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Fall of Saigon, end of Vietnam War
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1990s-21st Century