US History 1887-2008

By grant.hooper
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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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    The Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations Formed

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    The Early Cold War

    Containment - US tries to stop the spread of communism
    Arms Race - countries try to outdo each other on weapons and keep making bigger and more dangerous weapons
    USSR - Russia
    Communism
    Domino Theory

  • Truman Doctrine

    US policy gave economic aid to countries threatened by communism

  • 22nd Ammendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after WW2

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO established

  • Korean Wa

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Vietnam War

  • USSR Launches Sputnik

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    The End of the Cold War

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    1990s-21st Century