Us history 1887-2008

By Elaina Kaltenborn
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    Early American History

    Declaration of Independence,
    13 Colonies,
    Industrial Revolution,
    Manifest Destiny
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    Civil War/Reconstruction

    American Civil War,
    Abraham Lincoln Assassination,
    The passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
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    The Glided Age

    Transcontinental Railroad,
    Muckrakers,
    Labor Unions Rise,
    Sherman Anti-Trust Act,
    Interstate Commerce Act
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    The Progressive Era

    Industrialized,
    Reforming,
    New laws
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    Imperialism

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    World War I

    Isolationism & neutrality,
    Fourteen Points Plan,
    Treaty of Versailles
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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations Form

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    Early Cold War

    Containment - United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad
    Arms Race/Space Race - The Space Race was an informal 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation .
    Communism - leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned
    Domino Theory- a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • 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 Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

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

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    1990s -21st Century