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Early American History (1776-1860)
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Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)
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The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
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Imperialism (1898-1910)
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World War 1 (1914-1918)
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Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
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Great Depression (1929-1939)
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World War 11 (1939-1945)
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War (1945-1960)
-containment
-arms race/space race
-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
-Communism
-Domino Theory -
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 -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Korean War
1950-1953 -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War (1954-1976)
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Jonas Salk invents the polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid Established
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Voting Rights Act
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tinker V. Des Moines
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University Shooting
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End of the Cold War (1970-1991)
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Ammendment
Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
Law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon's resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp Davids Accord
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Iran Hostage crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)