U.S. History: 1887-2008

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    Early American History

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    Civil War/Reconsruction

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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 Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment-stopping the spread of communism.
    Arms Race/Space Race-competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is established, comprising a confederation of Russia
    Communism-advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly
    Domino Theory-the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO established

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Korean War

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

  • 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

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old

  • War Powers Act

    law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    1979-1981

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

    1985-1987
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    1990s-21st Century