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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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Early Cold War
Containment- The way we tried to contain communism by limiting the spread across countries. Significant because it was the only non violent defense we had.
Arms Race/Space Race - our competition with the USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - USSR
Communism - political ideology where goods are distributed equally. This was what the USA feared most.
Domino Theory - this is what we feared about the spread of communism, that it would fall across the globe like dominos. -
United Nation Formed
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was the policy that gave the military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism. -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
This program helped European countries rebuild after WW2 -
NATO established
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Korean War
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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
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Rosenbergs Trial
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22nd Amendment
The 22nd Amendment made it a law that the president of the USA could only serve the office for 2 terms. -
First H-Bomb detonated by the US
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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 Topeka Kansas
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Park's Arrest
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine Integration
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Bay of Pigs
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Berlin Wall Built
Wall constructed to prevent people from leaving -
Cuban Missle 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
abolishes the 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 -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Began the undeclared war in Vietnam -
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 killed
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Civil Rights Acto of 1968
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Tinker V. Des Moines
Gave 1st amendment rights to students in public school -
First man on the moon
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End of the Cold War
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Kent State Shooting
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
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Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Watergate Scandal, Which leads to Nixon resigning the presidency
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Fall of Saigon marking the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Miles Island Distaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis begins
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Iran Hostage Crisis Ends
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990-21st Century