U.S. History: 1887-2008

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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 Era

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    Imperialism

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    World War 1

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    Roaring 20s

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

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    Early Cold War

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Vietnam War

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins the undeclared war in Vietnam
  • Medicare and Medicade Established

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker v Des Moines

    defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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    End of Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    changed voting age from 21 to 18
  • War Powers Act (1973)

    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

  • End of the Cold war