U.S. History: 1877-2008

By jacob.d.smith
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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 Age

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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

    1. Containment
    2. Arms Race/Space Race
    3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    4. Communism
    5. Domino Theory

  • 22nd Amendment

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

  • Truman Doctrine

    I.S. Policy that have military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO Established

  • Korean War

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Silk invents polio vaccine

  • USSR Launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • Medicare and Medicaid Established

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker vs Des Moines

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

  • War Powers Act

  • Fall of Saigon, Marks End of Vietnam War

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    1990’s-21st Century