U.S. History: 1887-2008

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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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    WW1

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    WW2

  • Nato Established

    Formed to provide security against the threat of the Soviet Union.
  • UN formed

    The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, and develop friendly relations among nations
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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.
  • Marshall Plan

    A program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
  • Berlin Airlift

    The united states was blocked off from delivering supplies to their side of berlin, so they dropped a lot of supplies from the sky
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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

    Civil war in korea, communist soviets back one side, capitalism the other, then split at the 38th parallel.
  • Rosenberg Trials

    A couple of spies got caught giving the soviets atomic bomb details
  • First H-bomb detonation

    The us dropped and tested the H bomb which was 1000 more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb
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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

    Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine and saves the world
  • USSR launches Sputnik

    The USSR launches the satellite "sputnik" into space
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    On the edge of nuclear war the Soviets had nuclear missiles armed and in the proximity of the United States while we surrounded Cuba.
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in vietnam
  • Medicare and Medicaid Established

    Medicaid programs designed to provide health coverage for low-income people.
  • Tet Offensive

    Coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on American outpost in South Vietnam
  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Defined the first amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
  • Kent State University Shooting

    4 student protestors killed by the army for protesting on campus
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    End of Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

    Leaked government documents exposed Vietnam secrets
  • 26th Amendment

    Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
  • War Powers Act

    law limited the presidents right to send troops to battle without congressional approval
  • Wategate Scandal

    President Nixon got caught sneaking guards into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C. Watergate Office Building
  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

    south Vietnam loses and their capital is taken by north Vietnamese and Vietcong
  • Camp David Accords

    Secret negotiations going on at presidential retreat at camp david
  • Three Mile Island Disaster

    Nuclear plant meltdown in Pennsylvania that raised caution to nuclear power
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    Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Terrorist capture citizens at us embassy in response to situation with wanted prime minister
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    Iran Contra Affair

    Secret arms deal between USA and Iran. In response to arms embargo
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    1990s-21st Century