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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 Form
when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. -
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Early Cold War
Containment action of keeping something harmful under control
Arms Race/ Space Race competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics a former communist country in eastern Europe northern Asia included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics
Communism political, economic system seeks to create a classless society
Domino Theory political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, -
Truman Doctrine
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Berlin Airlift
One of the first major crisis in the war. The Soviet Union blocked Western Allies accesses -
Marshall Plan
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NATO Established
created by the US, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide security against the Soviet Union -
Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Civil Rights Era
Dedicated to the fight and activism for equal rights towards African Americans -
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Korean War
The war between North and South Korea. 2.5 million people lost their lives. The North was advised to invade the South by the Soviet Union -
Rosenbergs Trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged and executed (1953) for allegedly passing atomic secrets to Russia, violating the Espionage Act of 1917. -
22nd Amendment
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
operation code-named Mike, the first thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb) was detonated at Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands invented by Edward Teller -
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Vietnam War
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Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. -
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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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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24th Amendment
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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 -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Medicare and Medicaid Established
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Voting Rights Act
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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
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End of the Cold War
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Kent State Shooting
Members of the Ohio National Guard shooting at a crowd of Kent State Students killing four and wounding nine. -
Pentagon Paper Leaked
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26th Amendment
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Watergate Scandal (leads to Nixon's resignation)
Ilegal activities made by the Nixon administration. Ordering Investigations and bugging the offices of political opponents. -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional Approval -
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
The Unit 2 reactor partially melted down releasing radioactive fumes into the atmosphere. Mechanical Breakdown caused the reactor's cooling system to fail. The pressure started to increase -
Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century