U.S. History: 1887-2008

By emily_lamb
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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

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

  • Truman Doctorine

    US policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communists

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European Countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO Established

  • Korean War

    1950-1953
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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected President twice from being elected again

  • For 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

    1) OPEC
    2) Sandra Day O’Connor
    3) Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
    4) AIDS Epidemic
    5) Star Wars (NOT the movies)

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

    1985-1987:
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    1990s-21st Century