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13 colonies emerged as a new nation called the United States of America
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the time period when America addressed and abolished slavery.
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period of rapid economic growth
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period of widespread social activism in the united states
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America started to get involved with other countries
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America profited greatly from selling materials and weapons to other countries during the first world war
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America was in a period of tremendous economic growth. most people had a good job and could afford to spend money
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sock market crashed. the united states ran out of money and went into a serious economic crisis.
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the war brought us out of the great depression and back to a stable economy
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an organization that was formed in order to prevent a global war and to insure peace for the nations involved
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an era of suspicion between the US and the USSR
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the 22nd amendment limited a president to only serve 2 terms if elected.
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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in response to the soviet blockade in west berlin the United States began a massive import of food, water and medicine.
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War 2
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NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization insures protection for the countries involved (both politically and with the military)
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the Korean was a war between the north and south parts of Korea that ended up dividing the two parts completely
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this ruled the separate law school at the university of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal"
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African Americans wanted to be treated fairly, so they started a period of civil peaceful protests
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the Rosenberg's were spies sent by the soviet union to get information on the U.S.
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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the United states successfully designed and detonated a a hydrogen bomb
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th amendment
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America stopped supplying weapons to Vietnam, which started a war in which we (of course) won
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Jonas Stalk invented the first Polio vaccine that ended up saving thousands of lives
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the boycott was started because of the arrest made on Rosa Parks
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the USSR launched Sputnik in an attempt to scare the US
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the little rock nine integrated into an all-white school
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the bay of pigs was a failed U.S invasion on Cuba in an attempt to kick Fidel Castro out of power.
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the berlin wall was built to keep people from leaving communist east berlin.
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the most dangerous confrontation between the US and the USSR.
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Martin Luther King gave his I have a dream speech at the march on Washington
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JFK was assassinated in Dallas TX
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity bases
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abolishes the poll tax
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health insurance program that allows people 65 years and over to have guaranteed health insurance
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eliminated literacy tests for voters
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the tet offensive was a Vietnamese attempt to try to get the US to scale back during the war
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Martin Luther King was assassinated at a motel in Memphis Tennessee
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prohibited discrimination in the sale and rental of housing
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defined the first amendment rights for students in the united states public schools
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the U.S put the first man on the moon ending the space race.
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the shooting killed 4 people and injured 9.
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suspicions with the USSR started fading
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top-secret papers containing the US's unnecessary involvement in the Vietnam war were leaked
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moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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law that limited the presidents right to send troops to battle without congressional approval
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this lead to the country not trusting the government for years after the incident
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marks the end of the Vietnam war
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the president invited the leaders of Israel and Egypt to the US to reach an agreement
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Iran took American hostages
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a nuclear power plant came near to failure showing how deadly nuclear power can get
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the US was giving money to Iran and the American people later found out
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-Barack Obama- 44th president of the united states
-al-Qaeda- multi national terrorist organization
-no child left behind- a program put in all schools to make sure that every student got the education they needed
-president Clintons impeachment- Clinton lied and cheated on his wife
-presidential election of 2000- George W. Bush won the election because of voting confusion -
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