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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence
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Constitution Written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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The Big Five
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)-Richest man in America, responsible for the death of Carnegie's prodigy
Philanthropy-Desire to promote the welfare of others
Monopoly- companies coming together and knocking out competition
Jane Addams-American settlement activists
Laissez-Faire- policier of letting things take their course -
Homestead act
Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment:
abolished slavery -
14th Amendment:
citizenship & due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment:
voting for all male citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
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Hull House founded, first many settlement houses
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The Progressive Era
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed business monopolies -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized segregation established ¨separate but equal¨ -
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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
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
Containment-US policy to try to prevent the spread of Communism
Arms Race/Space Race-A race to get to space first between the US and USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans-A federation of soviet republicans that were outwardly independent nations
Communism-A government society where everything is shared equally
Domino Theory-A theory that one communist government in one nation would lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of dominoes -
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 -
Berlin AIrlift
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Marshall Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenberg's trial
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First 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
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
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 Paper leaked
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26th Amendment
Moved voting age from 21 to 18 years old -
Wars Powers Act
Law limited the Presidents 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