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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
Domino Theory- if one country fell to communism, then the surrounding would also fall to communism. -
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
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War 2 -
NATO established
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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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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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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the 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 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
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
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
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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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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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther Kind is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
First Man on the Moon
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Tinker v. Des Moines
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Kent State University shooting
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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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Title IX
Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
Law limited the president's right to send troops to battle without congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixonś Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the vietnam war
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis Beginning
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Iran Hostage Crisis Ending
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Iran Contra Affair Begins
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Iran Contra Affair Ends
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Persian Gulf War Begins
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1990s - 21st Century
Big Five-
-Barack Obama
-Al-Qaeda
-No Child Left Behind
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Persian Gulf War Ends
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Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act
Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina