Us history 1887-2008

By Bella_2003
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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

  • 1945: United Nations formed

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    early cold war

    Communism- when power is held by one person
    domino theory- simmer events happening in neighboring counties
    containment- using numerous straddles to prevent the spred of communism
    Arms Race/Space Race
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • 1948: Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

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

  • 1949: NATO established

  • 1949: NATO established

  • 1951: Rosenbergs trial

  • 22nd amendment

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

  • 1952: First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • 1955: Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • 1957: USSR launches Sputnik

  • 1965: Medicare and Medicaid established

  • 1968: Tet Offensive

  • 1971: Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 1975: Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War