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Early American History
bill of rights -
Constitution Written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
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The Progressive Era
16th, 17th, 18th, 19th amendments -
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Imperialism
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World War I
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War II
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
Containment- to stop the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- the race to build better and bigger weapons as well as racing to space. This was between the US and Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- Russia and all the countries around it
Communism- advocates class war and all property is publicly owned and everybody works
Domino Theory- a political event that happens in one country will also bring down the countries around it -
22nd Amendment
This was created to keep abuse of power in check. Two years after Roosevelt died, they passed this amendment to limit presidency to only two terms. -
Truman Doctrine
The policy in the US that any country threatened with communism will have military and economical aid. -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO established
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Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal" -
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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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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents 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 Berline
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Martin Luther Kings "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
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Civil Right Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or nation 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 of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
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First Man on the Moon
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Tinker vs. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
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 Nixons Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of 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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1990s-21st Century
Barack Obama: 44th President of the US from 2009-2017
al-Qaeda: terrorist group involved in 9/11
No Child Left Behind: gives every student a fair and equal chance for higher education
President Clintons Impeachment: perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice
Presidential Election of 2000: one of the closest elections in history; Bush won -
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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Fall of the USSR- Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act
tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina