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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 - Kept the spread of communism in the US
Arms Race/Space Race - A race between the US and the USSR to see who could develop the best technology
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - AKA the Soviet Union, was a communist nation in Russia
Communism - A political government where everything is public domain
Domino Theory - A political theory where one political event would cause similar events in nearby countries -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism. -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a 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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Rosenberg Trial
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22nd Amendment
The 22nd Amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
First H-Bomb detonated by the Untied States
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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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Kent State University Shooting
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment ratified
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Watergate Scandal
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War Powers Act
Law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval. -
Fall of Saigon
This marked the end of the Vietnam War. -
Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990s-21st Century
Barack Obama - 44th President, democratic, first African-American president
Al-Qaeda - Islam terrorist organization
No Child Left Behind - Put out many federal education programs
President Clinton’s Impeachment - Clinton was charged with "lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice."
Presidential Election of 2000 - Election between George Bush and Al Gore, one of the closest elections of all time -
Fall of the USSR
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA Patriot Act
Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina