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Early American History
Pilgrims coming to the new land -
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Civil War/ Reconstruction
forming of the confederate states, Emancipation Proclamation, the battle of Gettysburg, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. -
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The Gilded Age
transcontinental railroad, robber barons, the industrial revolution, gilded age homes, muckrakers, labor unions rise, railroad strikes -
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The Progressive Era
the homestead act of 1862, Pendelton act, the socialist party of America, the Jungle, Meat Inspection Act of 1906, Teddy Roosevelt as President -
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Imperialism
berlin conferencej -
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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
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United States Formed
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Early Cold War
Containment- stop the spread of communism
Arms Race/ Space Race- comp between the USSR and US about who could get to space first, and who had the biggest nukes
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- consisted of Russia and 14 more countries that focused on communism
Communism- total control, absence of social classes
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
22nd Amendment
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO established
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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs Trial
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Frist H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR Launches Sputnik
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker v. Des Moines
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers Released
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26th Amendment
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War Powers Act
Law limited the president's right to send troops to battle without congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the vietnam war
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1990s - 21st Century