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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 Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War 2
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
-Containment: Strategy used by the United States.
-Arms Race/Space Race: Competition between by the US and the Soviet Union.
-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Soviet Union
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Truman Doctrine
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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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22nd Amendment
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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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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Civil Rights Era
Great Society: Domestic programs created by Lyndon B. Johnson. Thurgood Marshall: First African American to serve on the supreme court justice. Black Panthers: Revolutionary organization against police brutality. Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience: Non-Violent action with goals of achieving social change. Cesar Chavez: Worked to gain better working conditions for farm workers. -
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 and 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 room leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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24th Amendment
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters. -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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First Man on the Moon
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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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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
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Tittle IX
Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs. -
Wars Powers Act
Law limited 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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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century
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End of the Cold War
OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Countries Sandra Day O'Connor: First woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Community Reinvestment Act of 1977: Try to encourage Institutions to give to the community. AIDS Epidemic: People were afraid of AIDS because not much information was known about it. Star Wars: Strategic Defense Initiative