US History 1887-2008

By anthonytobor
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    Early American history

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    Civil war/reconstruction

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    The Gildaed age (1877-1900)

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    The progressive era

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    Imperialism

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    World war one

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    Roaring twenties

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    Great depression

  • United Nations formed

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    End of Cold War

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    Early cold war

    Containment- stop spread of Communism
    Arms Race/Space Race- a competition between nations for superiority in the development of weapons
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-country
    Communism-a political theory, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Domino Theory-the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in close countries

  • Truman doctrine

    Truman Doctrine (1947): U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall plan

    Marshall Plan (1948): program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO established

  • Korean War

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    Civil rights era

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • 22 amendment

    22nd Amendment: prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • 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

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

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

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    1990s-21st century