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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 20s
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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: many US leaders during this time wanted to "contain Communism" to keep it from spreading to other countries.
- Arms Race/Space Race: a competition between the US and the USSR to have better ammo & to get to space first.
- USSR: what came to be when Russia was overthrown by the Bolsheviks, until the 1990s.
- Communism: economic system based on equality- no separation of gov. and business.
- Domino Theory: theory that 1 political event will lead to similar ones in other countries.
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries run by other Communist countries -
22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
Plan to help European countries rebuild after WWII -
NATO established
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Korean War begins
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-Bomb Detonated by United States
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Korean War ends
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk Invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR Launches Sputnik
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End of the Cold War
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1990s-21st Century