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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
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
1 - Containment: US strategy to keep Communism from spreading
2 - Arms Race/Space Race: military and/or space related competition between two countries
3 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: the first country to call itself socialist and work to build a communist-run nation
4 - Communism: a society based on common ownership of property/goods and no social classes
5 - Domino Theory: US's theory that if a country converts to communism, nearby nations will also become communistic -
22nd Amendment
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Truman Doctrine
US policy that helped with military and economic affairs for countries facing the threat of communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO Established
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Korean War
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Sweatt v. Painter
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-bomb Detonated by the US
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Hernandez v. Texas
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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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MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
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JFK assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th Amendment
abolishes poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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 of 1965
eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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MLK is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tinker v. Des Moines
clarified First Amendment rights for students in US 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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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
changed voting age from 21 to 18 years old -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limiting 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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Intra Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century
1 - Barack Obama: 44th president of the US and the first Black president
2 - al-Qaeda: a terrorist group founded by Osama bin Laden
3 - No Child Left Behind: act that supports standard-based education reform
4 - President Clinton’s Impeachment: Clinton was impeached on grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice
5 - Presidential Election of 2000: had to be decided by the Supreme Court due to a tie -
Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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Fall of the USSR - official end of Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, US, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act
strengthened national security, particularly in regards to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina