U.S History 1887-2008

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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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    Communism

    Political Movement , its goal is to set up a version of society where the factories and farms are shared by the people, and would not have rulers or money.
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    Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

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    The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics

    Was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991
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    Great Depression 1929-2939

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    World War 2 1939-1945

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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    United Nations formed
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    Arms Race/ Space Race

    Competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulations of weapons, especially during the Cold War
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    Containment

    The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S policy that gave Military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    Berlin Airlift
  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European Countries rebuild After World War 2
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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    NATO Established
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    Civil Rights Era 1950-1970

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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    Korean War
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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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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    Rosenberg's Trail
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    Domino Theory

    Theory that political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries.
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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    First H-Bomb denoted by the United States
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    Brown v. Board Of Education Of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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    Vietnam War 1954-1976

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    Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott After Rosa Parks ' Arrest

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    Early Cold War 1945-1960

    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

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

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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

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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    24th Amendment

    Abolishes the Poll Tax
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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
  • Medicare and Medicaid established

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    Medicare and Medicaid established

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    Voting Rights Act Of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters
  • Tet Offensive

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    Tet Offensive

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    Martin Luther King is assassinated

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    Civil Rights Act Of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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    First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker vs. Des Moines

    Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public schools
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    End of The Cold War 1970-1991

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

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    Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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    Title IX

    protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
  • War Powers Act

    Law limited the Presidents right to send troops to battle without congressional approval.
  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of Vietnam War

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    1990's-21st Century 1990-2008