US History 1887-2008

By Brendan.Krull
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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 1

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    Roaring 20's

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment- The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
    Arms Race/Space Race- Like a competition between the U.S. and the USSR to space, and for weapons.
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
    Communism - Equality, everything is government run.
    Domino Theory-Political event in one country will affect all

  • Truman Doctorine

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

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.

  • NATO was Established

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenburg Trials

  • 22nd Amendment Ratification

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

  • First Hydrogen Bomb Detonated By The United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk Invents The Polio Vaccine

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    Montgomery Bus Boycott After Rosa Parks Arrest

  • USSR Launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins the undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid Established

  • Tet Offensive

  • TInker V. 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 Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    Moved voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old.

  • War Powers Act

    Law limited the Presidents right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.

  • Watergate Sandle, Leading to Nixon's Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, Marks End of Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    1990's-21st Century