us history 1877-2008

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    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

  • Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)

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    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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    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

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
  • NATO established

  • Korean War

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik