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Period: to
The Gilded age
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)- richest man in America, responsible for the death of carnegies prodigy
Philanthropy - desire to promote the welfare of others
Monopoly- companies coming together and knocking out competition
Jane Addams- American settlement activist
Laissez-Faire - policier of letting things take their course -
Hull House Founded, first of many settlement houses
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Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Period: to
World War ll
-travel from island to another
-they dismantled these camps
-he was an American politician and soldier
-American 5 star general and field Marshall of the philippine Army
-U.S. pacific fleet and commander and chief
- to use a little know language to speck to different stations
- group of African American pilots
- group of the republic of china force
- research and development undertaking during the Cold War
- curltral icon of the world war ll/ giving women strength -
United Nations formed
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Period: to
early Cold War
Containment- trying to contain the speed of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- who can do it first between the different countries
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucaians Federation
Communism- a system of government where all property is public and people work and are given things by the government according to their needs.
Domino Theory- that one event in one country will cause similar events in reboring countries -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR launches Sputnik