U.S. History 1776-2008

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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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    Communism

    a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
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    World War I

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    Roaring Twenties

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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia.
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    Great Depression

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    World War II

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    Arms Race/Space Race

    competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.
  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

  • 22nd Amendment

    prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
  • Containment

    a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
  • NATO Established

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

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    Domino Theory

    the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.
  • Rosenberg's Trial

  • First H-Bomb Detonated by the United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Iran Contra Affair

  • Iran Contra Affair

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

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    1990's-21st Century

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

  • Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War

  • NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism
  • Hurricane Katrina

  • Definitions

    Big Five:
    OPEC/
    Sandra Day O’Connor/
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977/
    AIDS Epidemic/
    Star Wars (NOT the movies) 1990s-21st Big Five:
    Barack Obama
    al-Qaeda
    No Child Left Behind
    President Clinton’s Impeachment
    Presidential Election of 2000