U.S History 1887-2008

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    Early American History

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

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    The Progressive Era

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    Imperialism

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    World War 1

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

  • United Nations formed

  • 22nd Amendment ratified

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO established

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

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    Early Cold War

    Containment
    Arms Race/Space Race
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    Communism
    Domino Theory
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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war on vietnam
  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker v Des Moines

    Defined 1st Amendment rights for students in the united states
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    End of Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment ratified

    moved the voting age from 21 to 18
  • War Powers Act

    limited the presidents power to send troops to battle without congresses approval
  • Fall of Sigon

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    The Gilded Age

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    1990s - 21st Century