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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 - the US policy enforced to prevent the spread of Communism
Arms Race/Space Race - competition between two or more states to have superior armed forces; competition between the US and Soviet Union to be first achieve spaceflight
USSR - a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia
Communism - a classless society in which all property and wealth are communally-owned
Domino Theory - If one country became communist, then the countries around it would also become communist. -
22nd Amendment
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO established
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Truman Doctrine
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Sweatt v. Painter
A case that challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine racial segregation established by the Plessy v. Ferguson. -
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-Bomb Detonated By the United States
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Hernandez v. Texas
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Vietnam War
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
The court ruled that U.S state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. -
Jonas Salk invents 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 with 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 communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day standoff between US leaders and the Soviet Union over the installation of nuclear armed soviet missiles in Cuba. Khrushchev withdrew the missiles that almost lead to a nuclear war. -
Gulf of Tokin Resolution
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Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have A Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy assinated in Dallas, TX
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis. -
24th Amendment
On January 23, 1964, the United States ratified the 24th amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Medicare and Medicaid Established
Medicare and Medicaid was established in 1965 in order to provide a health care for the elderly and for the poor. They helped to lower the costs of healthcare needs. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Tet Offensive
The attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam. The north lost all battles and had enormous causalities, but the effect was to turn the American public opinion against the war. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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First Man on the Moon
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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
4 Kent State University students were killed and 9 were wounded on May 4, 1970. When members of the Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisis was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran. 52 American diplomatic and citizens were held hostage after a group militarized Iranian College Students captured them. -
Pentagon Papers Leaked
A secret government study of the United States involvement in the Vietnam War, made public by Daniel Ellsburg. They revealed that 4 successive presidents had lied about involvement in Vietnam. -
26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment moved the voting age from 21 to 18 years old. -
Title IX
Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
This law limited the president's right to send troops into battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, led to Nixon's resignation
The water gate scandal was a scandal during and after the 1972 Presidential Election. A security guard b=discovered clues that former FBI and CIA broke into office and of the Democratic Party. -
Fall of Saigon
North Vietnam and Viet Cong forces captured the capital of South Vietnamese, Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender ending the Vietnam War. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978. The was following a secret 12 day negotiation at Camp David, the country retreat of the President of the United States in Maryland. -
Three Mile Island Disaster
The Three Mile Island disaster was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of three mile island. It caused a radiation leak and was the most significant nuclear power plant accident. -
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran Contra affair occurred during Raegan's presidency. The administration office secretly sold Iran fire arms. -
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1900's-21st Century