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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
Containment- American policy of resisting the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- The competition between the US and USSR for superiority in the development of science and weaponry
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- A federal socialist state that existed from 1922-1991
Communism-A system of government where all property is public and the government supplies goods
Domino Theory- The idea that if one nation came under the influence of communism the surrounding nations would as well -
Truman Doctrine
policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshal Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs trial
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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
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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 Ammendment
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War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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1990s-21st Century