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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 1
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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
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Early Cold War
Containment-the US's way of trying to stop the spread of communism to other countries
Arms Race/Space Race-races between US & USSR to show dominance in both fields
The Unions of Soviet Socialist Republics- confederation of Russia,Belorussia(Belarus),Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian federation
Communism-idea where all property is public and people are paid and work based on skill and needs
Domino Theory-the theory that one event in one country would cause similar events to occur in other 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
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NATO Established
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Rosenberg's Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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24th Amendment
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Civil Rights Act
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offense
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tinker v. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
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26th Amendment
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Pentagon Papers leaked
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Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1900s-21rst Century