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Declaration of Independence
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Early American History (1776 - 1860)
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Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)
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Texas Secession
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Homestead act of 1862
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The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
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Panama Canal
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
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Imperialism (1898-1910)
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Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
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Teddy Roosevelt President
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World War I (1914-1918)
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19th amendment
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Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
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Great Depression (1929-1939)
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World War II (1939-1945)
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War (1945-1960)
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Berlin Airlift
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NATO established
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Korean War 1950-1953
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Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)
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Rosenbergs trial
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first H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War (1954-1976)
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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 (1970-1991)
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Ammendment
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. Ratified July 1st 1971 -
War Powers Act
aw 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 (1990-2008)