US History 1877-2008

By mykelle.rogers
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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 I

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

  • containment

    U.S. policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad

  • USSR

    a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991

  • communism

    a system seeking to create a classless society where production is controlled by the public

  • 22nd Amendment

    Set a limit for how long the president can serve.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.

  • NATO established

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the U.S.

  • domino theory

    a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states
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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • arms/space race

    countries increasing the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another

  • Kent State University Shooting

    4 students were killed and 9 injured in a shooting that took place at a peaceful protest of the Vietnam War at Kent State in Ohio.
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    End of the Cold War

    OPEC// coordinate petroleum policies
    Sandra Day O'Connor// first female associate justice of the supreme court
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977// requires federal banks to meet the needs of those of low income
    AIDS Epidemic// AIDS, caused by the HIV virus, affected millions before treatments were created
    Star Wars// a program created by Ronald Reagan in the year 1984 designed to protect the United States from nuclear weapons

  • Watergate Scandal

    President Nixon hired people to break in to the Democratic National Committee headquarters to steal certain documents, leading to his resignation.

  • Camp David Accords

    Political agreements signed by the Egyptian President and Israeli Prime Minister declaring peace between their two nations.

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Started: 1979
    Ended: 1981 After a group of militarized Iranian college students took 52 Americans hostage, a diplomatic standoff between America and Iran took place.

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

    The most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history, the Three Mile Island Disaster was a nuclear meltdown accident that took place at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania.

  • Iran Contra Affair

    Started: 1985
    Ended: 1987 Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo. The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
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    1990s-21st Century