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Early American History
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Civil War Reconstruction
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The gilded age
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the progressive Era
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Imperialism
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World War
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War 2
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United Nations formed
organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, -
Truman doctine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
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NATO established
he North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. -
The Big 5
Containment
Arms Race/Space Race
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Communism
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Civil rights era
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Rosenbergs trial
Married couple convicted spying and working with the Soviet union -
22nd amendment
prevents elected officials from being elected more than twice -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
the United States successfully detonated “Mike,” -
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Early cold war
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis. -
USSR launches Sputnik
The Soviet Union successfully released a satellite into orbit -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the US and Cuba over nuclear weapons -
Gulf tonkin resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Medicare and medicaid established
A social act was passed granting people with a lower income access to medical care -
Tet Offensive
A major escalation and one of the largest military of the Vietnam war. -
Tinker vs des moines
First known school district to defy students of the 1st admendment -
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End of the cold war
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Pentagon papers leaked
A defense made by Vietnam task force a small portion of reports were leaked to the press -
26 amendment
People 18 older are granted the right to vote -
Wars power Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon marks the end of Vietnam war
North Vietnamese forces took control of the capital of South Vietnam -
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1990's-21st century